Here’s what changed in the new statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in October. Text removed from the October statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: GME, AVAV, CBRL
Check out the companies making the biggest moves before the bell: AeroVironment — The drone maker slid more than 4% on the back of a fiscal second-quarter earnings miss. AeroVironment earned 44 cents per share, well below an LSEG estimate of 78 cents per share. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Continue Reading
Trump to start final Fed chair interviews beginning with Kevin Warsh
President Donald Trump will begin the final interviews of candidates for the Federal Reserve chair this week, putting back on track the formal selection process that began this summer. “We’re going to be looking at a couple different people, but I have a pretty good idea of who I want,” Continue Reading
IMF’s Georgieva urges China to speed up shift from exports
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends the 1+10 Dialogue with leaders of International Economic Organisations, with China’s Premier Li Qiang (not pictured) in Beijing on December 9, 2025. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China needs to “accelerate” support for domestic consumption and reduce Continue Reading
Supply chain diversification away from China is progressing from talks to action, EU chamber says
Unmanned trucks transport containers at Dapukou Container Terminal in Zhoushan Port, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, on December 9, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Supply chain diversification away from China is about to move from just talk to action. That’s what Jens Eskelund, president, European Union Chamber of Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: AVAV, GEV, CBRL
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. AeroVironment — Shares of the defense technology provider slid more than 4% after its second-quarter earnings missed analyst expectations, coming in at 44 cents per share on an adjusted basis. That’s well below the 78 cents per share that analysts surveyed Continue Reading
The Fed decision is expected to feature a rate cut and a lot more. Here’s what to expect
The Federal Reserve is poised to deliver its third straight interest rate cut Wednesday, while simultaneously firing a warning shot about what’s ahead. Following a period of remarkable indecision about which way central bank policymakers would lean, markets have settled on a quarter percentage point reduction. If that’s the case, Continue Reading
There’s no Dow or S&P 500 for cryptocurrencies yet. Bitwise is getting a step closer with new ETF
The new Bitcoin token is photographed on U.S. $100 bills. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A new exchange-traded fund from Bitwise that began trading Tuesday will give retail investors and financial advisors access to a broad range of cryptocurrencies in one shot, as opposed to the ETFs so Continue Reading
XOM, STAA, CVS, AZO, ARES
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Campbell’s — The food company tumbled nearly 6% after it reported a 3% decrease in net sales from a year ago to $2.68 billion. Adjusted earnings also fell by 13% on a year-over-year basis to 77 cents per share. Both figures, Continue Reading
Fifth Third, Brex sign commercial cards agreement
Regional bank Fifth Third on Tuesday announced a deal making fintech firm Brex the provider of its commercial cards and expense management tools for business clients. The program will run on Brex’s embedded payments platform, which lets banks issue corporate cards and automate expense reporting using artificial intelligence tools, the Continue Reading