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Social Security field offices are about to be flooded, thanks to one new change happening amid workforce cuts
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A change made by the Social Security Administration could see its field offices flooded with an estimated 60,000 to 75,000 additional people per week, according to Rep. Gerald Connolly, a Virginia Democrat.
Trump retreats but still puts U.S. tariff rate at its highest level in a century. Here’s what it means for prices for clothes, food and more.
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One study of the current state of U.S. tariffs and foreign retaliation suggests that Wednesday’s euphoria over President Donald Trump’s partial retreat was overdone.
Trump calls for Fed to cut rates as economic effects of tariffs start to kick in
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Hours after the Federal Reserve maintained its guidance for two interest-rate cuts later this year, President Donald Trump weighed in Wednesday night, calling for rate cuts to accompany his new tariffs.
Wells Fargo sees path to growth ahead as another regulatory order is lifted
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Wells Fargo & Co. on Monday said that regulators had terminated a 2021 enforcement order related to loss-mitigation issues in its home-lending business, marking the latest such order to be lifted from the bank.
Guess could become the next fashion company to go private after stock price halves in a year
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Guess Inc.’s stock soared 27% early Monday after the maker of clothing, footwear and accessories said it received an offer from New York-based investment company WHP Global to take it private for $13 a share in cash.
Fed is likely to stand pat on interest rates, but the likelihood of ‘bad-news cuts’ in the fall is rising
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The Federal Reserve will hold its benchmark interest rate steady at its meeting this week, economists say, as it remains in a “wait-and-see” mode until the effects of President Donald Trump’s policies on the economic outlook become clearer.
Stock-market bulls abandoned by Trump won’t be saved by Jerome Powell and the Fed
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President Donald Trump signaled to stock-market investors last week that they’re on their own. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will likely deliver a similar message when monetary policymakers meet this week.
Wall Street begins to cut S&P 500 targets as tariff worries rock the stock market. Should investors be concerned?
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Only a few months into 2025, the sharp decline of the U.S. stock market has prompted some of Wall Street’s top forecasters to scale back their bullish predictions for the S&P 500.