The Fed is an independent body, but that hasn’t stopped politicians from trying to influence it over the years.
Biden has mostly shied away from publicly criticizing the Fed chair, while Trump tweeted about the Fed hundreds of times while in office.
Private employers added 140,000 jobs in February and January’s job openings didn’t budge — though they were down from mid-2023.
Department stores were created to serve an income group that’s declining while the poorer and wealthier cohorts expand.
Right now, the junk bond market suggests the economy is fairly strong.
Parts of the Upper Midwest and Northeast were especially warm from December through February. These are areas of the country that rely on snow and cold to attract tourists and their dollars to ski resorts, ice rinks and snowmobile trails.
The new program, called Direct File, has been rolled out in a dozen states. But how does it stack up to private tax-filing software?