SELECT LANGUAGE BELOW

Fed said interest rates will be reduced this year, just not now

The Fed has disclosed little in recent meetings. (iStock) federal reserve system stayed the courseannounced that it would do nothing about interest rates, but would still start lowering them later this year. The central bank announced Wednesday that it would keep the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%. Fed officials expect at least three […]

Gold price drops to over one-week low amid reduced Fed rate cut expectations – FXStreet

Gold prices continued to decline for the third consecutive day on Monday, but lacked continued growth. Expectations that the Fed will continue to raise interest rates for an extended period continue to weaken XAU/USD. Geopolitical risks will help limit the downside ahead of the FOMC’s major policy decision on Wednesday. Gold prices (XAU/USD) had a […]

Snickers denies Biden’s claim it reduced candy bar sizes in ‘shrinkflation’

President Biden denounced Snickers as an example of “shrinkflation” in his State of the Union address last week, but candy bar manufacturers denied they were secretly shrinking the size of their candy bars. “Snack companies think that if they charge the same price for the same size bag, they won’t notice that there are fewer […]

Raskin: GOP being reduced to a ‘cult of authoritarian personality’

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Wednesday that the Republican Party has “degenerated into an authoritarian cult of personality” after former President Trump nearly won the Super Tuesday primary states. Ta. “[I]It is shameful that a great political party, especially the party of Abraham Lincoln, the party of freedom and unity, should be reduced to an […]

Britt Reid’s reduced sentence leaves young victim’s family ‘disgusted’

Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons has decided to commute the sentence of former Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, but the family of a 5-year-old girl who was injured in an accident while Reid was on legal disability are disappointed in the decision. I felt disgusted.” A statement released by Ariel Young’s family and their attorney questioned […]

Cervical cancer deaths could be reduced with home HPV testing, study finds

A push for more accessible HPV testing is underway. A new program led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) called the SHIP Testing Network is exploring self-collection human papillomavirus (HPV) testing to prevent cervical cancer, according to a press release. The Last Mile Initiative, announced by NCI Director Dr. Kimrin Rathmell at the White House […]