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Interest Rate Cuts on Hold Till Inflation Improves, Fed Meeting Minutes Show

Interest Rate Cuts on Hold Till Inflation Improves, Fed Meeting Minutes Show

The Federal Reserve pressed pause on interest rate cuts last month. The minutes from its January meeting suggest the hiatus …

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Bessent to Skip G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in South Africa

Bessent to Skip G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in South Africa

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations …

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DOGE discovers .7 trillion in Treasury payments were missing critical code: ‘Traceability almost impossible’

DOGE discovers $4.7 trillion in Treasury payments were missing critical code: ‘Traceability almost impossible’

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that some $4.7 trillion in payments from the Treasury Department were missing …

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Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?

Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?

Watch out for interest rates. Not the short-term rates controlled by the Federal Reserve. Barring an unforeseen financial crisis, they’re …

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Trump 100% disagrees with federal judge’s ‘crazy’ ruling blocking DOGE from Treasury system

Trump 100% disagrees with federal judge’s ‘crazy’ ruling blocking DOGE from Treasury system

President Donald Trump “100 percent” disagrees with a federal judge’s ruling on Saturday that bars the Department of Government Efficiency from …

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Trump to impose metal tariffs on Monday, followed by broader levies.

Trump to impose metal tariffs on Monday, followed by broader levies.

More than 40 lawsuits filed in recent days by state attorneys general, unions and nonprofits seek to erect a bulwark …

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Trump admin sanctions ‘front company’ selling oil to China to allegedly fund Iranian military and terrorist groups 

Trump admin sanctions ‘front company’ selling oil to China to allegedly fund Iranian military and terrorist groups 

The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned individuals affiliated with an international network accused of selling millions of barrels of Iranian …

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The Newest, Biggest Investment Fund: The United States Government?

The Newest, Biggest Investment Fund: The United States Government?

While he was campaigning last fall, President Trump bemoaned the lack of a U.S.-backed investment fund and promised to create …

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Congress must defend freedom of dissent after Biden’s outrageous ‘debank’ scandal

Congress must defend freedom of dissent after Biden’s outrageous ‘debank’ scandal

It’s not a crime to dissent from the woke agenda, but that didn’t stop the Biden administration’s financial regulators from …

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Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System

Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sent a letter on Monday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding answers for why the …

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Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts

Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts

Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to …

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