The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed down -0.50%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.75%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.14%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are down by -0.53%, and March E-mini Nasdaq...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday rose by +0.58% and posted a 1-week high. The dollar rose Friday on increased safe-haven demand from President Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on Chinese goods on Saturday. The dollar also found support...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.45%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.85%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are up by +0.42%, and March E-mini Nasdaq...

The US Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure accelerated for a third month in a row in December, according to government data published Friday, while underlying inflation was unchanged.

An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose slightly last month, the latest sign that some consumer prices remain stubbornly elevated, even as inflation is cooling in fits and starts

London's benchmark FTSE 100 hit fresh highs Friday, helped by an 11-percent jump in the share price of Smiths Group after the British engineering company said it planned to simplify the business and return substantial sums to shareholders.

With the rate pause at the January Fed meeting, you still have time to lock in historically high interest rates with a 5-year CD.

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.46%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.73% this morning as solid earnings from Apple and Intel buoyed sentiment, while investors geared up for the release of the Federal Reserve’s first-line inflation gauge.

President Trump has a lot to say about FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell—and yet it seems he won’t take his fight directly to the Fed.