Fed Chair Powell hinted the central bank could be approaching the end of a more than three-year campaign to shrink a portfolio of Treasury securities it acquired to provide stimulus after the 2020 pandemic

The central bank has been passively reducing its $6.6 trillion asset holdings since mid-2022, part of a technical effort to unwind its pandemic policies. 2025-10-14 16:29:00 Nick Timiraos

Continue ReadingFed Chair Powell hinted the central bank could be approaching the end of a more than three-year campaign to shrink a portfolio of Treasury securities it acquired to provide stimulus after the 2020 pandemic

Tariffs, inflation and other threats such as eroding central-bank independence are all clouding the world economic outlook, the IMF said in its latest round of projections

The lender expects world growth to slow to 2.6% this year from 3.6% last year, while it upgraded its U.S. outlook. 2025-10-14 13:00:00 Matt Grossman

Continue ReadingTariffs, inflation and other threats such as eroding central-bank independence are all clouding the world economic outlook, the IMF said in its latest round of projections