CNN

The solution to America’s affordability problem might be broken, too

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...
The Hill

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates in divisive vote

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. The Federal ...
Seeking Alpha

The Most Important Rate Of Change

I see continued economic expansion into 2026, despite recent headwinds like tight monetary policy and government shutdowns. Upward revisions in S&P 500 earnings estimates for Q4 are highly unusual ...
Washington Examiner

Climate change is not among top five global problems, Chris Wright says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said climate change is far from being one of the biggest problems the world is facing. Wright’s remarks are the latest attempt from the Trump administration to downplay ...
CNN

Rates of high blood pressure in children have nearly doubled in 20 years

Global rates of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in childhood and adolescence have nearly doubled since 2000, putting more kids at risk for poor health later in life. “In 2000, about 3.4% of boys ...
News Medical

Comparative study finds higher rates of adverse events with ticagrelor

One year of treatment with either of two strong blood-thinning medications - ticagrelor and prasugrel - by people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who had a drug-eluting stent placed in their heart to ...
AOL

The Fed makes a second interest rate cut. Here’s what will — and won’t — change for your money.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates again for the second straight meeting, a sign that officials are more focused on safeguarding the job market and shielding the economy from a recession than ...
Mother Jones

Food Allergy Rates Are Falling. That’s a Problem for RFK Jr.’s Aluminum Vaccine Theory.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last week, the New York Times reported a rare bright spot in public health: The ...
Morningstar

Student-loan default rates are about to spike - and that's everyone's problem

After years of changes to repayment options, borrowers are struggling to stay on top of their loans A relatively small share of student-loan borrowers are making their payments on time, while many ...
TheStreet.com

Fannie Mae predicts major mortgage rate change coming soon

The government-sponsored enterprise has a key forecast for homebuyers. As the inflation rate grew in 2022, the Federal Reserve responded by hiking the federal funds rate to make borrowing more ...
Columbus Dispatch

One in four Ohio students is missing too much school. Can Ohio fix the problem?

This article has been updated to clarify language around Hedy Chang and Elaine Allensworth's editorial published in an education news outlet and to correct the spelling of Susan Bodary's name. Over a ...