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Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Rise, Nasdaq, S&P 500 Slip Amid Mixed Trade—Kenvue, Micron Tech, Nvidia In Focus (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs were updated in the story.

Benzinga · Sep 23, 2025

Trump is pushing for a 'big cut' from the Fed—but he's already on a losing streak

Trump failed to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook and is unlikely to get the steep rate cut he demands, as Powell and the FOMC weigh weaker jobs data.

Fortune · Sep 16, 2025

The Fed 'desperately' wants to avoid a recession because it doesn't want to get blamed and put its independence at risk, top economist says

"Obviously nobody wants a recession. But also in the context of Fed independence, they really don't want to get blamed for going into a downturn because that would impair their ability."

Fortune · Sep 13, 2025

Mitch McConnell Says Trump Tariffs-Ushered Era Has 'Similarities' With The 1930s: 'This Is The Most Dangerous Period Since Before World War Two'

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a recent interview that today's economic backdrop shares "certain similarities" with the 1930s, pointing to President Herbert Hoover's 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and the era's isolationist "America First" politics.

Benzinga · Sep 4, 2025

Trump’s threat to fire another Fed member has Wall Street weighing the price of ‘wrecking institutions’ with ‘scapegoat economics’

While UBS’s Paul Donovan told clients the attempt was “completely unprecedented,” Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel argued her ousting adds “noise but little substance” compared with the Fed’s longer-term policy pivots.

Fortune · Aug 26, 2025

Stock Market Today: Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow Futures Drop—Target, Lowe's, TJX Companies Earnings In Focus (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs and the lede were updated in the story.

Benzinga · Aug 20, 2025

Markets are usually bubbly on Jackson Hole week. This year that might not happen

Powell’s Jackson Hole speech looms as markets temper Fed rate-cut bets, with hot PPI data, labor market weakness, and tariff risks clouding outlook.

Fortune · Aug 19, 2025

Trump’s pick for the Fed ‘fuels an existential threat’ as central bank independence is targeted, JPMorgan says

“The main threat to the Fed independence is not politically motivated turnover shifting the outcome of votes.”

Fortune · Aug 9, 2025

Markets are near certain of a September rate cut as more presidents turn dovish overnight

Neither president Kashkari nor president Daly—nor governor Cook—dissented at the July meeting. With governor Christopher Waller and FOMC member Michelle Bowman already lobbying for a cut, the ranks of the dovish are growing by the day.

Fortune · Aug 7, 2025

Stock Market Today: US Futures Edge Higher As Investors Await Earnings From McDonald's, Uber And Walt Disney

U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday after ending lower on Tuesday. Futures of major benchmark indices were up.

Benzinga · Aug 6, 2025