2024-12-12

Fed Chair Jerome Powell can serve remainder of term, Scott Bessent says

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on Nov. 7, 2024. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell can finish his first term leading the U.S. central bank, said Scott Bessent, a hedge fund magnate and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, despite…

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2024-11-19

How Trump’s win could change your health care

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on November 13, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care. Republicans may face few legislative roadblocks with their goals of reshaping health insurance in the U.S., experts said, after the party retained…

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2024-10-23

Market reckoning on spending is coming after election

Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is raising alarms about the U.S. government’s current fiscal deficit and the increased spending promised by both presidential candidates, saying the bond market may force the government’s hand after the election in addressing it. “We are going to be broke really quickly unless we get serious about dealing with our spending issues,”…

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2024-10-22

Trump tax plans could exempt 93 million Americans from income taxes

Former President Donald Trump’s tax reform ideas could offer total or partial income tax exemptions to roughly 93.2 million Americans, a meaningful chunk of the U.S. electorate, according to CNBC’s analysis of several estimates. As part of his economic pitch to voters, Trump has floated a sweeping tax overhaul, including a slate of income tax breaks. So far, the…

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2024-10-20

More Trump sealed files released in Jack Smith Jan. 6 election case

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Save America Rally” near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of more than 1,800 pages of documents filed by special counsel Jack Smith in the criminal election interference case against former President Donald Trump….

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2024-10-15

Trump or Harris? 2024 stakes for America’s businesses

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in the ABC presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024. Getty Images With the U.S. election less than a month away, the country and its corporations are staring down two drastically different options. For airlines, banks, electric vehicle makers, health-care companies, media firms, restaurants and tech giants, the outcome…

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2024-10-13

JPM’s Dimon says geopolitical risks ‘treacherous and getting worse’

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees risks climbing around the world amid widening conflicts in the Middle East and with Russia’s invasion…

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2024-10-09

Economic tailwinds boost Kamala Harris in election homestretch, economists say

The surprisingly positive jobs report Friday has reinforced growing optimism about the U.S. economy, less than a month before the end of an extremely close presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, and while voters say the economy is a top priority. Nonfarm payrolls added 254,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell…

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