Feds cut interest rate for first time since 2020. Here’s what that could mean for your wallet. Feds cut interest rate for first time since 2020. Here’s what that could mean for your wallet. 02:45 U.S. stocks leaped to record highs Wednesday before fading after the Federal Reserve delivered an interest rate cut on the larger side of expectations, reducing its benchmark rate by 0.50 percentage points.Trading remained quiet until the Fed’s announcement at 2 p.m. Eastern time, but surged as investors assessed the central bank’s aggressive move to ease borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
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Sep. 18—As the owner of three businesses in Madrid, Hugh Hackett has prepared for what he described as a “speed bump in the retail road,” swapping plastic bags for paper ones.A Santa Fe County ordinance will take effect Monday largely prohibiting the use of single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products across retail stores and restaurants in unincorporated areas, meaning operators who use plastic bags will have to switch or face penalties.”We will be ready to switch over,” Hackett said. “It’s well intentioned, and it’s not the end of the world to use paper bags.”The county is following the lead of…
Donald Trump indicated during a rally on Wednesday night that he has not read Melania Trump’s new memoir even as he pushed his followers to buy it. “People love our First Lady. Go out and get a book. She just wrote a book. I hope she said good things about… I don’t know. I didn’t… so busy,” Trump said at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Long Island.He added: “She just wrote a book called Melania. Go out and buy it, and if she says bad things about me, I’ll call you all up and I’ll say, don’t…
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s national security team is “paying great attention” to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the island’s defence minister said, after a Taiwanese firm was linked to the pagers’ production. Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said it did not manufacture the devices used in the attack, and that they were made by a Budapest-based company which has a licence to use its brand. Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said the government was closely watching developments. “After the news came out, my understanding is that at present the relevant national security bodies…
Undated Tupperware party in Sarasota, Florida.Tupperware — the food storage company that’s been used in households around the country since 1946 — has filed for bankruptcy.On Sept. 17, the Tupperware Brands Corporation announced it has voluntarily initiated Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. This type of bankruptcy allows debtors to reorganize their finances and assets with the help of the court to avoid shutting down.A selection of Tupperware products.According to the release, the Orlando, Florida-based company will seek approval from the court to continue operating during bankruptcy proceedings and plans to continue selling…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todayA jumbo-sized 50-point cut The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates by half a percentage point,…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, and military officials watch at missile launch in this image from the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 19, 2024. (KCNA) SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday said it successfully test-fired its latest short-range ballistic missile and a “highly upgraded” cruise missile during the communist regime’s most recent show of force. Wednesday’s launches were overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who “expressed great satisfaction” over the firing of the Hwasongpho-11-Da ballistic missile capable of carrying a 4.5-ton warhead, according to a state-run Korean Central News Agency report the…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday afternoon cut the fed funds overnight bank lending rate by 50 basis points to the range between 4.75% and 5%. The Fed was widely expected to lower short-term interest rates, but the 25 basis points versus 50 debate raged right up until the announcement. It was the first true toss up in a long time. In the end, the Fed opted to go with a…
Aritificial intelligence (AI) will not replace investment managers, but investment managers that successfully integrate AI will replace those that do not. AI is surrounded by hype, but at its core it is an automation technology with the potential to power significant breakthroughs in the industry. It also has the potential to restore the primacy of active management, but in a new form. However, the reaction in the industry has so far been more about marketing than reality. So far, traditional fundamental managers have tended to be skeptical about applying AI, while in the quant space there has been a tendency…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Beyond the immediate headlines generated by the Fed’s 50 basis point interest rate cut, it is policymakers’ revised outlook for the fed funds rate’s eventual destination, and how soon it takes to get there, that matters more. Broadly speaking, the Fed indicated on Wednesday it will emerge from its restrictive policy stance a little sooner than previously indicated, and the eventual ‘neutral’ level of policy will be slightly higher. The Fed is essentially signaling a slightly faster and shallower easing cycle. The first part of that may point to alarm over the labor…