The president took a weird detour about wives at the ball and it got laughs. President Donald Trump on Thursday complimented the wife of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) for crying when the lawmaker was in critical condition after being shot in 2017, and claimed to know many spouses who would react diffe»»»

After three consecutive interest rate cuts, investors now confront an uncertain U.S. monetary policy outlook for the year ahead, clouded by persistent inflation, data gaps, and an impending leadership change at the Federal Reserve. The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-percentage»»»

Shipments of goods to the United States from China fell nearly 29 percent year-on-year in November as the effects of tariffs and trade barriers took hold on imports. The drop in US-bound shipments from China last month came after a turbulent year of trade policy that saw tariffs placed on goods arr»»»

— The next chair of the Federal Reserve might already be a disappointment to President Donald Trump – even before they’re named. Trump has demanded aggressive cuts to interest rates next year, but that’s looking more and more like an uphill battle: On Wednesday, as Trump interviewed former Fed Gove»»»