Banking/Credit

Interest-rate forecasts from Federal Reserve officials sparked a mixed reaction from U.S. bond markets Wednesday, suggesting that investors still have questions on how much the central bank will actually tighten monetary…

Stocks rose Friday and bond yields edged down, suggesting that the market volatility driven by higher-than-expected inflation data could ease. The S&P 500 ticked up 0.1%, after the broad index…

The S&P 500 waffled between small gains and losses Monday, continuing a volatile stretch for the stock market. The broad stock-market gauge added 0.1%. The Nasdaq Composite hugged the flatline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained…

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Republicans are widely expected to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in this November’s midterm elections, with betting market PredictIt giving an 84% chance for that outcome. The GOP is getting…

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President Biden selected Sarah Bloom Raskin, seen above, as the Federal Reserve's top banking regulator.…

Markets for everything from home-building materials to bitcoin to stocks are soaring, stirring up fresh fears that global markets are in a bubble.Rarely have so many assets been up this much at once. The price of lumber has shot up to…

Ant Group Co., the financial-technology giant controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, will apply to become a financial holding company overseen by China’s central bank, overhauling its business to adapt to a new era of tighter…

Dozens of chief executives and other senior leaders gathered on Zoom this weekend to plot what several said big businesses should do next about new voting laws under way in Texas and other states. Kenneth Chenault,…