The first rate hike since 2018 was expected, but its effects are still to be seen.

Edward Al-Hussainy, senior interest rate and currency analyst at Columbia Threadneedle, will discuss the economy, inflation and the Federal Reserve.

Concern has already seeped into U.S. markets with the cost of goods including lumber and steel rising this year.

The prospect of going back to the daily grind is going to be “a really tough pill for a lot of people to swallow,” an expert suggests.

Given the current nest egg shortfall in America, and that $1.7 trillion may not move the needle, Bloomberg’s Nir Kaissar says the message to save is key.

The funds are one of the largest forms of short-term debt vulnerable to investor runs in our financial system, writes former CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad.

Some nominees poised to take their agencies in a new direction appear headed for Senate confirmation while an intraparty squabble has delayed the administration’s choice to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Here’s the roster update.

The impact of lockstep moves in bonds and stocks can be seen in sophisticated portfolio strategies such as risk parity, experts say.

The recent tumult involving GameStop and Robinhood has raised questions about whether broader risks for the financial system are brewing.

The looming threat for Biden’s SEC pick is that the good times could end on his watch, triggering a crash that hits retail investors who’ve contributed to the boom.

The central bank’s policy-making body repeated it would maintain its bond-buying program until “substantial further progress” toward its employment and inflation goals has been made.

Biden’s Treasury secretary pick promised to “work with members of Congress” to decide whether the HNW will be protected from any reversal of Trump tax cuts.

The top 20 more than doubled the gains of their fixed-income industry peers.

Time and again, they’ve seemingly held up during periods of market stress and proved the skeptics wrong.

For all the central bank’s plaudits, it’s powerless to stop the wealth gap in America from growing wider.

As the Federal Reserve strives to help the economy, wealth managers’ revenue takes a hit.

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.

With a Democrat set to take the White House in January, the agenda for agencies like the CFPB could undergo a rapid transformation, housing finance reform could be turned on its head and progressive banking ideas that were unthinkable over the past four years could gain traction.

Flows into U.S. fixed-income products this year have already surpassed the total for all of last year.

The combined company would become a $2 trillion RIA custodian.