The U.S. dollar is down more than 1% this morning — a potential sign of investor anxiety over President Donald Trump’s threats to Federal Reserve independence.
Traders were already losing their appetite for dollars over President Donald Trump's tariffs. Then last week on Truth Social, Trump talked about Powell’s "termination." And that's hitting the value of the U.S. dollar.
What will be one of the nation's largest banks
by Nova Safo
Capital One and Discover are all set to combine into one after federal antitrust regulators gave the go-ahead. The two companies say they'll merge by mid-May.
The weight of carrying debt in old age
by Chris Farrell and Meredith Garretson Morbey
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And their amount of debt is also on the rise. That’s pushing more households into the ranks of the financially precarious.