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The June Dot Plot Said 3.8 Percent And Futures Say 4.2

Sep 15, 2026

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The June Dot Plot Said 3.8 Percent And Futures Say 4.2

The committee publishes a fresh Summary of Economic Projections on September 16 at two, with the effective funds rate at 3.63 percent and the ten year at its highest since 2007.

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Victoria Joseph
The Fear Gauge Fell From 42 To 33 Before The September 16 Decision

Sep 14, 2026

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The Fear Gauge Fell From 42 To 33 Before The September 16 Decision

CNN's index read 42 on September 7 and 33 on September 11, while futures put Wednesday's move between 80 and 90 percent.

Victoria Joseph
Victoria Joseph
The Senate's September 15, 2026 Cloture Vote On The Clarity Act

Sep 13, 2026

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The Senate's September 15, 2026 Cloture Vote On The Clarity Act

Sixty votes are needed on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, with ethics language, illicit finance rules and stablecoin yield still unsettled.

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Victoria Joseph
The First Fed Hike Since 2023 Could Land On September 16, 2026

Sep 12, 2026

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The First Fed Hike Since 2023 Could Land On September 16, 2026

August core prices rose 0.3 percent against a 0.2 forecast, and hike odds moved from under 70 percent to nearly 90 within minutes of the print.

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Victoria Joseph
ECB Raises Deposit Rate To 2.5 Percent On September 10, 2026

Sep 11, 2026

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ECB Raises Deposit Rate To 2.5 Percent On September 10, 2026

The second hike since the conflict in Iran pushed energy prices up, with Lagarde saying higher energy costs will keep feeding into core and food prices.

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Victoria Joseph
The Treasury's $6 Billion Buyback And The 4.85 Percent Ten Year

Sep 10, 2026

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The Treasury's $6 Billion Buyback And The 4.85 Percent Ten Year

Wednesday's operation tripled the normal buyback size, and the ten year yield held near multi-year highs while Brent pushed above $101.90.

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Victoria Joseph
Record Diesel At $5.90 As Winter Fuel Contracts Open, September 2026

Sep 9, 2026

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Record Diesel At $5.90 As Winter Fuel Contracts Open, September 2026

AAA put diesel at a record $5.90 a gallon on Monday and regular gas at a Labor Day record $4.15, with Hormuz throughput down to about 4.9 million barrels a day.

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Victoria Joseph
Fed Rate Hike Odds Before The September 16, 2026 Decision

Sep 8, 2026

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Fed Rate Hike Odds Before The September 16, 2026 Decision

Futures lean 57 to 60 percent toward a hike, with PPI on September 10 and CPI on September 11 the last prints before the vote.

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Victoria Joseph
Treasury Bond Buybacks Double From September 9, 2026

Sep 7, 2026

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Treasury Bond Buybacks Double From September 9, 2026

Operations in the ten to thirty year sector move to four billion dollars or more, with the schedule running through November 4.

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Victoria Joseph
The Published Mortgage Rate Is Not The One You Get

Sep 6, 2026

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The Published Mortgage Rate Is Not The One You Get

Freddie Mac printed 6.71 percent on Thursday, the highest of the year. Buyers are reporting quotes near seven

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Victoria Joseph
Norway's Fund Wants To Hold Less American Debt

Sep 5, 2026

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Norway's Fund Wants To Hold Less American Debt

It proposed cutting government bonds from seventy percent of its bond book to fifty. The letter went public on Friday

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Victoria Joseph
Eighty Six Tons Left New York For London

Sep 3, 2026

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Eighty Six Tons Left New York For London

The Dutch central bank moved it between March and August, citing crisis preparedness. France did the same thing first

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Victoria Joseph
OpenAI Says Its New Model Crossed A Critical Line

Sep 2, 2026

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OpenAI Says Its New Model Crossed A Critical Line

Astra is the first to reach the top of the company's own cybersecurity rating. Access will be limited, it says

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Victoria Joseph
Twenty Six Companies Agreed To Charge Americans Less

Sep 1, 2026

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Twenty Six Companies Agreed To Charge Americans Less

Nine more signed on Monday, Teva and Sun Pharma among them. None of it needed a vote in Congress

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Victoria Joseph
Every Revision This Year Has Gone Down

Aug 31, 2026

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Every Revision This Year Has Gone Down

The August 28 benchmark revision erased another seventy nine thousand jobs. Friday brings the next count

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Victoria Joseph
It Used To Cost Five Times As Much

Aug 30, 2026

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It Used To Cost Five Times As Much

Solar now needs less money up front than a coal or gas plant for the same electricity. Ember measured the crossing

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Victoria Joseph
The Money Left Investing And Went To The Sportsbook

Aug 29, 2026

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The Money Left Investing And Went To The Sportsbook

More than half of young investors moved money meant for investing. On Friday a federal appeals court split on whether the contracts are legal

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Victoria Joseph
Nine Days Ago We Read This Wrong

Aug 28, 2026

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Nine Days Ago We Read This Wrong

On August 19 we said Nvidia was financing its own demand. The earnings answered, and the answer beat our read

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Victoria Joseph
Your Gas Bill Now Has A European Bidder

Aug 27, 2026

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Your Gas Bill Now Has A European Bidder

Europe has banned Russian gas from January 2027. Its storage is the lowest in years going into winter

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Victoria Joseph
The Nuclear Deal That Passes If Nobody Votes

Aug 26, 2026

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The Nuclear Deal That Passes If Nobody Votes

Trump sent Congress a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia on Monday. It carries no permanent ban on enrichment

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Victoria Joseph
The Rainy Day Money Is Now Ammunition

Aug 25, 2026

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The Rainy Day Money Is Now Ammunition

The Treasury holds nine hundred fifty billion for emergencies. Its own officials now call the size discretionary

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Victoria Joseph
Washington Woke A Law That Had Slept Since 1949

Aug 24, 2026

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Washington Woke A Law That Had Slept Since 1949

Section 338 sat unused for seventy seven years. On Saturday it taxed a treaty partner at fifty percent

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Victoria Joseph
Order A Turbine Today And It Arrives In 2031

Aug 23, 2026

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Order A Turbine Today And It Arrives In 2031

Money for the buildout moves at the speed of a signature. The machines that make its electricity move at the speed of a foundry.

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Victoria Joseph
Two Hundred Ninety One Applications To Fill One Job

Aug 22, 2026

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Two Hundred Ninety One Applications To Fill One Job

In early 2021 it took about a hundred. Applying became free, so everyone applies, so the reading stopped being done by people.

Victoria Joseph
Victoria Joseph
Ten Years Of Payments, And The Count Went Backwards

Aug 21, 2026

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Ten Years Of Payments, And The Count Went Backwards

Forgiveness arrives after a hundred twenty qualifying payments. The Education Department is recounting them, and it is not saying why.

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Victoria Joseph
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