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Jerome Powell just chaired his last Fed meeting — rates held steady, he called Trump’s attacks “unprecedented,” and Kevin Warsh starts in 13 days
Jerome Powell walked into his final Federal Reserve press conference in late April 2026 and did something no outgoing Fed chair has done in the...
The S&P 500 just closed above 7,200 for the first time — while inflation hit 3.5% and the Iran war enters month three
On April 30, 2026, the S&P 500 closed at 7,209.01, crossing the 7,200 threshold for the first time in the index’s 69-year history. The same...
Jobless claims just fell to 189,000 — a number the U.S. hasn’t seen since Nixon was president in 1969
In the week ending April 25, 2026, only 189,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims, a figure the country has not seen since September 1969. Back...
Canada is banning every crypto ATM in the country after scammers used them to steal $704 million from Canadians
Walk into almost any Canadian convenience store, gas station, or shopping mall and you will likely spot a crypto ATM tucked near the entrance. There...
Consumer spending slowed to 1.6% in Q1 as households pulled back on goods and discretionary purchases
American consumers pulled back sharply in the first three months of 2026, marking the most significant spending slowdown in two years. Real personal consumption expenditures...
Qualcomm surged 16% on data center chip breakthrough and $20B buyback
Qualcomm shares jumped roughly 16% in a single March 2026 trading session after the San Diego chipmaker announced a $20 billion stock buyback program and...
Amazon’s AWS revenue grew 28% — its fastest in 15 quarters — with AI run rate topping $15 billion
Published May 2026 For the better part of two years, the knock on Amazon Web Services was that the cloud giant’s best growth days were...
The economy grew 2% last quarter — but inflation jumped to 3.5% and consumer spending is slowing. Here’s what that means for your wallet.
The economy grew 2% last quarter – but inflation jumped to 3.5% and consumer spending is slowing. Here’s what that means for your wallet. A...
Meta tumbled 9% after hiking AI spending to as much as $145 billion — JPMorgan downgraded the stock
Meta Platforms raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to as much as $145 billion on April 29, a jump of more than $25 billion from...
Alphabet surged 10% after Google Cloud revenue jumped 63% — its best month since 2004
Alphabet added more than $200 billion in market value in a single trading session on April 29, its best day on the stock market since...
Caterpillar’s stock jumped 10% because of AI — yes, the tractor company. Here’s why data centers need bulldozers.
On April 30, 2026, Caterpillar Inc. posted first-quarter results that sent its stock up roughly 10% in a single session, as reflected in the day’s...
The Fed just held rates steady in Powell’s final meeting as chair — and 4 members dissented, the most since 1992
Jerome Powell’s last policy meeting as Federal Reserve chair ended not with consensus but with a fracture. On April 29, 2026, the Federal Open Market...
Oil briefly hit $126 a barrel today — then dropped $12 in a single session. Here’s what just happened.
At 8:14 a.m. London time on May 19, 2026, Brent crude futures touched $126.20 a barrel. By the close of the New York session, the...
Lloyds tops estimates, warns war-driven energy shock could hit UK growth
Lloyds Banking Group posted first-quarter profits ahead of City expectations on April 29, but paired the upbeat numbers with a stark warning: an energy price...
U.S. leads in oil output, but refining and taxes keep gas prices high
American oil fields pumped a record 13.2 million barrels per day in 2024, more than Saudi Arabia or Russia, according to the U.S. Energy Information...
China’s biggest banks post Q1 profit gains; bad-loan ratios hold steady
China’s six largest state-owned banks collectively grew first-quarter net profit by more than 3% year-on-year, according to earnings filings released in late April 2026, even...
Boomer retirements are starting to drag on U.S. economic growth
About 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day in the United States. Most of them will never hold a full-time job again. And the cumulative...
Traders bet Fed holds rates into 2027, with rising odds of a hike next year
Traders bet Fed holds rates into 2027, with rising odds of a hike next year Wall Street’s rate-cut dreams are fading fast. When the Federal...
Amazon beats AWS estimates on AI demand, but shares slip
Amazon Web Services posted its strongest quarterly growth in over a year, fueled by surging demand for artificial intelligence services, but the results were not...
Rivian paid CEO RJ Scaringe $403M in 2025 despite losses
RJ Scaringe founded Rivian Automotive more than a decade ago on a bet that electric trucks and SUVs could compete with the biggest names in...