Follow along with MarketWatch's live coverage of the Senate confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald ...

Economists are very interested in Bessent's views on Federal Reserve independence. Before the election, Bessent floated the idea of a "shadow Fed chair" where Trump would select a replacement for Fed ...

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller says that the central bank could resume cutting interest rates in the first half of the year if inflation continues to show that it has cooled. If price ...

Trump 2.0 will create a “market barbell” of big winners and sad losers. Let’s focus on the dividend payers that will be ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are down slightly thanks to new CPI data, which showed a ...

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the confirmation hearing of ...

Inflation is likely to continue to ease and possibly allow the Federal Reserve to cut rates sooner and faster than expected, ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released data Thursday that suggest it faces no imminent pressure to stop the process of ...

The Federal Reserve may just give investors what they want this year after all. The December inflation report, released ...

December 2024 retail sales were positive but slightly below expectations, with a monthly increase of 0.4%. Four consecutive ...

CPI report wasn't awful. But it wasn't nearly as good as the mainstream pundits made it sound. In fact, price inflation is ...

The yield on the 10-year Treasury has recently soared toward its highest level since 2023, injecting nervousness into the U.S ...