Morgan Stanley’s chief stock-market strategist, Mike Wilson, said the midterm elections are a classic “clearing event” whose outcome at this point doesn’t really matter.
South Africa’s nationwide municipal elections on Wednesday hold few fears for investors, if market indicators are anything to go by. But shifts in broad support for the major political parties could provide a read on the future of the governing coalition that has steered the country’s fiscal and economic reforms.
Japanese authorities are prepared to respond if currency market movements become disorderly, acting in accordance with a standing pact with her US counterpart, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said, one day before the US holds its midterm elections.
Oil dropped ahead of Tuesday’s US midterm elections despite fresh attacks on vessels around the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian threats to broaden retaliation if the US renews strikes.
The BBC's Clive Myrie travelled to North Caroline where voters voiced their frustrations ahead of midterm elections.
Colorado, Washington and Cook County voters will also weigh taxes on top earners, while other states move to make taxes harder to raise.
There was a mixed Halloween bag of economic news this week. GDP growth is up, but so are prices. For now at least, interest rates are staying the same. What does that mean for the midterm elections?
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With control of Congress hanging on a number of razor-thin races, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on voters’ frustrations with rising credit card debt to win over inflation-weary Americans.
Tech stocks in late October caught the cold that for months has been a drag on the corporate bond market.
They’ve helped turn this year’s midterms into “the most expensive election cycle on record.”
Safe-haven gold fell to its lowest price in a year, despite jitters around the potential for fresh Middle East attacks following the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday
Wall Street expects Democrats to win at least one of the houses of Congress in the US midterm elections on Tuesday, setting the stage for a potentially volatile ride in the stock and bond markets with artificial intelligence oversight, defense spending and crypto legislation on the table.
Harris poll for Guardian finds 76% believe officials care more about self-enrichment than helping everyday Americans Government corruption has emerged as a top issue in the upcoming US midterm elections, with an overwhelming majority of Americans saying US government officials use their public office for personal financial gain, according to an exclusive Harris poll for the Guardian. Nearly nine out of 10 Americans said that government corruption, as defined as elected officials putting their own or their donors’ financial interests ahead of the public’s, is a problem, according to the survey. Continue reading...
GDP grew at an annual rate of 3.4% in the third quarter in the last major read on the economy ahead of the midterm elections — but many Americans continue to struggle with affordability.
The ex-presidential candidate tells Democrats to prosecute corruption and bring real change for the working class A corporate plutocracy. A broken healthcare system. Massive and widening inequality. Cash-soaked elections. Angry people struggling to pay their bills and disgusted with lawmakers in Washington DC . Nearly everything that pushed famed consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader to launch the 2000 presidential run that made him a political pariah in Washington is front and center as the US gears up for the 2026 midterm elections. But this time, things are much, much worse. Continue reading...
Fed chair Kevin Warsh said politics played no role in pause of interest rate hikes, despite inflation remaining above 3% The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday during its last board meeting before the midterm elections, keeping rates at one of the highest pre-election levels seen in over 20 years. Two out of 12 board members voted against the pause, preferring to raise rates by a quarter point this meeting, the Fed board said in a statement. Continue reading...
The Federal Reserve has voted to keep interest rates unchanged despite rising inflation. NBC News' Brian Chueng reports on the central bank's final rate decision before the midterm elections.
Federal Reserve policymakers left interest rates unchanged at their October meeting ahead of next week's midterm elections while inflation remains elevated.
Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.
Officials believe there is plenty of time left to tackle inflation, allowing them to avoid making a move so close to an election.
Trump’s combative approach to Canada appears to be softening just days before midterm elections in which tariff-fueled inflation is a primary concern for voters.
Since launching the war with Iran nearly eight months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump has struggled to quell soaring energy costs, undermining Republicans’ attempt to keep control of Congress in the midterm elections next week
As the US midterm elections approach, we take a look at data to see a true picture of the US economy under Trump With the midterm elections fast approaching, many Americans have the economy on their minds. US voters are exhausted by years of higher prices. Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 on promises to lower inflation and undo the damage he said the Biden administration had inflicted on the economy. Continue reading...
Sen. Susan Collins, who’s in a tough re-election fight, said she secured from the Trump administration tariff exemptions on some agricultural and forestry items.
