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Economic Indicators

U.S.–Iran Pause Sends Oil Down, Tech Stocks Up

The reported halt to recent strikes eased tanker disruptions and lowered the oil-risk premium, reopening diplomacy while markets weigh policy risks.

Kevin Warsh Takes Fed Helm as Minutes and Markets Point to Higher Rates

Tillis Lifts Block on Warsh After DOJ Closes Powell Probe

ECB Readies Wider Euro Backstops as Fed Signals Patience on Rates

Fed Poised to Hold Rates as Powell’s News Conference Becomes the Market Focus

Powell Secures Support After DOJ Subpoenas as CPI Points to Fed Hold

BOJ Poised to Lift Policy Rate to 0.75% Next Week, Signaling Step-By-Step Tightening

Bitcoin Breaks Below $100,000 Again as Liquidations and Risk-Off Selling Intensify

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic to Retire Feb. 28, 2026

Mortgage Rates Edge Back to 6.3% as Refi Boomlet Emerges

Powell Opens Door to September Rate Cut at Jackson Hole

Wall Street Rally Faces Scrutiny After Stifel Warns of 10% S&P Pullback

Trump Pulls Back on Firing Powell as Fed Renovation Oversight Steps Up

Trump Budget Office Challenges Powell Over $2.5 B Fed Renovation

Bitcoin Tops $118,000 on ETF Inflows and Pro-Crypto U.S. Policies