Crypto start-ups are still raising serious cash despite a slump in prices
A bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal is installed outside the BitCluster cryptocurrency mining farm in Norilsk, Russia, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency start-ups are having a solid start to the year,...
After a huge year for growth, the U.S. economy is about to slam into a wall
Free food is handed out by the Brooklyn community organization PASWO during a weekly food distribution on December 08, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Spurred by a massive inventory rebuild and consumers flush with cash,...
Key Fed inflation gauge rises 4.9% from a year ago, fastest gain since 1983
A gauge the Federal Reserve prefers to measure inflation rose 4.9% from a year ago, the biggest gain going back to September 1983, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The core personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy was...
Stock futures rise as market set to wrap up a wild week, Apple shares pop
Stock futures rose early Friday, boosted by a jump in Apple shares, as Wall Street looks to wrap up a roller-coaster week on a high note. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 162 points, or 0.48%. S&P...
GDP grew at a 6.9% pace to close out 2021, stronger than expected despite omicron spread
The U.S. economy grew at a much better-than-expected pace to end 2021 from sizeable boosts in inventories and consumer spending, and despite signs that the acceleration likely tailed off toward the end of the year. Gross domestic product, the sum...
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: McDonald’s, Blackstone, Netflix and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Comcast (CMCSA) – The NBCUniversal and CNBC parent earned an adjusted 77 cents per share for the fourth quarter, 4 cents above estimates, with revenue also above analyst forecasts. Comcast also...
Stock futures rise as investors assess Fed update
Stock futures rose on Wednesday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 turned lower following a Federal Reserve update by chair Jerome Powell, at the conclusion of its two-day meeting. Futures tied to the Dow rose 128...
Federal Reserve points to interest rate hike coming in March
Facing both turbulent financial markets and raging inflation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday indicated it could soon raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years as part of a broader tightening of historically easy monetary policy....
The Fed is likely to signal a March interest rate hike and that further policy tightening is coming
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2022. Graeme Jennings | Reuters The Federal Reserve is expected to...
Inflation surge could push the Fed into more than four rate hikes this year, Goldman Sachs says
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell attends his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2022. Graeme Jennings | Reuters Accelerating inflation could cause the Federal Reserve...