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A federal government shutdown may begin at midnight barring action by Congress, potentially sparking concerns about the economic impact though past shutdowns had little impact.
A growing U.S. battery surplus and delayed factory plans that could reshape America’s EV supply chain.
The Trump administration announced new tariffs on lumber, timber and furniture imports on Monday. The post Trump slaps tariffs on imported lumber, timber and furniture appeared first on FreightWaves.
The federal government is hurtling toward a shutdown on Wednesday morning.
The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday fell by -0.12%. The dollar was under pressure on Tuesday due to the likelihood of a government shutdown on Wednesday. Also, comments from Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Tuesday hinted at the possibility of stagflat
UK-based Ineos, which builds rugged vehicles like the Grenadier SUV and Quartermaster pickup, recently cut prices for its vehicles.
The elimination of a $7,500 consumer tax credit and softening of emissions rules will sharply curtail EV demand in the US, according to Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley. “I wouldn’t be surprised if EV sales in the US go down to 5%,” he said Tuesday in
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee says the most recent round of tariffs may be causing businesses in his district to again pause decision-making. He speaks at the Chicago Fed's 2025 Midwest Agriculture Conference.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve liquidity facilities saw much less interest from Wall Street than expected on Tuesday as the third quarter came to a surprisingly quiet close. Meanwhile, the Standing Repo Facility, or SRF, lent $6 billion to eligible
Gold has surged 45% year to date, but silver is just a stone's throw away from an old record after six straight weeks of gains.
Shares of identity management company Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) fell 3.2% in the afternoon session after Baird lowered its price target on the stock.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Tuesday that her outlook for monetary policy is consistent with the gradual path of easing shown in the latest central bank forecasts, in comments that framed aggressive ra
NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) is one of the worst-performing data center stocks in 2025. While its stock has not declined much (+3.3%), it has also not been able to keep pace with the enthusiasm in the broader data center industry. The company has been facing
In the three most recent episodes — in 2013, early 2018 and late 2018 into 2019 — the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index drifted lower both during the impasse and in the immediate aftermath. The 35-day closure of federal operations that began in December 2018 d