Fed’s Goolsbee: Investigating as a Pretext Because of a Rate Disagreement ‘Is a Mess’
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said anything that is infringing or attacking the independence of the central bank “is a mess.” Source link
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Employers focusing more on employee financial wellbeing, study shows
Da-kuk | E+ | Getty Images As many Americans struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living — housing, groceries, electricity and other necessities — their financial stress is getting more attention in the workplace. In 2025, employer discomfort at their workers’ financial wellbeing reached a new high: 48% rated their concern at…
Fed Well Positioned to Determine Additional Interest-Rate Adjustments, Vice Chair Jefferson Says
The Federal Reserve’s current policy stance on interest rates leaves the central bank well positioned to determine the extent and timing of additional rate adjustments based on incoming data, Philip Jefferson said. Source link
US accuses South Africa military of ‘cosying up to Iran’
The US has accused South Africa’s defence ministry of refusing to obey orders from its own government to send home Iranian warships that have been conducting naval exercises in the African country’s waters. “South Africa can’t lecture the world on ‘justice’ while cozying up to Iran,” it said in a statement. In response, South Africa’s…
Trump Outlines Health Care Proposals as Prices and Premiums Rise
The long-awaited plan would leave much to Congress and calls for payments to health savings accounts rather than insurance subsidies, among other broad proposals. Source link
‘My brother’s death changed everything’: The story of 30-year old Pooja Sharma who has cremated 4000 unclaimed dead bodies |
At an age when most women are getting married, building careers, or planning families, Pooja Sharma spends her days cremating unclaimed dead bodies. Born into a middle-class family in Shahdara, Delhi, Pooja completed a master’s degree in social work and was working as an HIV counsellor at a government hospital. At the time, Pooja was…
Marc Guehi and Oliver Glasner: How Crystal Palace pair’s departure happened
Glasner congregated all his players and staff at the club’s training ground just before noon on Friday. What arrived did not necessarily shock the players, they all had to have been living under a rock not to know their manager was very likely leaving in the summer. The timing, though, got tongues wagging. Why now?…
Education Department to delay collections on defaulted student loans
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon attends a press briefing with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 20, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Education Department announced on Friday that it will delay the implementation of wage garnishment and other involuntary collection efforts affecting defaulted…
The Justice Department’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell represents an escalation of an unprecedented White House campaign to shape what happens at the central bank
President Trump’s campaign to exert more control over the Federal Reserve recently hit a new gear. Here are the basics on the long-running situation. Source link
Iranians on border describe violence and more protestsand violence during blackout
Lucy WilliamsonBashmaq border crossing, Iraqi Kurdistan Fred Scott/BBC People and traffic still regularly cross the Iran-Iraq border At the border crossing from Iran into Iraqi Kurdistan, the stern face of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, peers down at the trickle of Iranians leaving the territory. Thick snowflakes confetti the lorries and pedestrians arriving at…