Walmart drops after earnings miss, Meta weakens, and traders stay cautious ahead of Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. US stocks drift lower across key indices.

Walmart’s adjusted earnings miss analysts’ estimates but second-quarter revenue tops forecasts. Tech stocks Palantir, Nvidia, ...

To be sure, investors have reason to be cautious. Back in 2022, Powell's keynote speech at Jackson Hole stopped a torrid bear-market rally when he insisted that the central bank remained committed to ...

Grownups like Powell and Cook are firm, but restrained. In a piece about Powell this week the WSJ quoted one of his former colleagues as saying, “I think it is no more subtle than he wakes up every ...

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to give what could be his most consequential speech yet — just a few days after one of his colleagues was threatened with prosecution for alleged mortgage ...

Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s high-profile speech Friday ...

Economists have long preferred independent central banks because they can more easily take unpopular steps to fight inflation ...

The symposium comes amidst a confusing economic picture and pressure on several members of the top committee to quit from President Trump.

July’s weak jobs report could be grounds for a big rate cut come September.

Britain's FTSE 100 closed at a record high for the third straight day on Thursday with healthcare stocks leading the gains, ...

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.