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How the Fed Sets Interest Rates—the FOMC Explained Economy

How the Fed Sets Interest Rates—the FOMC Explained

The Federal Open Market Committee meets eight times a year to set the federal funds rate. Here is how the 12-member body votes, what tools it uses, an...

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How Earnings Season Works—and Why It Moves Markets Economy

How Earnings Season Works—and Why It Moves Markets

Every quarter, thousands of public companies report their financial results in a concentrated burst known as earnings season. Here's how the process w...

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How Sovereign Asset Freezes Work—and Why They Matter Economy

How Sovereign Asset Freezes Work—and Why They Matter

Sovereign asset freezes allow governments to block a foreign nation's central bank reserves and state wealth held abroad, creating powerful economic l...

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How Insider Trading Law Works—and Why It's Expanding Economy

How Insider Trading Law Works—and Why It's Expanding

Insider trading law prohibits buying or selling securities based on material nonpublic information. Originally targeting corporate insiders, the legal...

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How Market Capitalization Works—and Why It Matters Economy

How Market Capitalization Works—and Why It Matters

Market capitalization is the most common yardstick for measuring a company's size. Here's how it's calculated, what the categories mean, and why the m...

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How the Federal Reserve Chair Is Chosen—and Why It Matters Economy

How the Federal Reserve Chair Is Chosen—and Why It Matters

The Federal Reserve chair is the most powerful economic policy position in the U.S. government. Here's how the nomination and confirmation process wor...

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How Gold Prices Are Set—and Why Gold Keeps Rising Economy

How Gold Prices Are Set—and Why Gold Keeps Rising

Gold is priced twice daily through a London electronic auction, but its value is shaped by central bank demand, inflation fears, geopolitics, and curr...

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How Consumer Sentiment Is Measured—and Why It Moves Markets Economy

How Consumer Sentiment Is Measured—and Why It Moves Markets

Consumer sentiment surveys gauge how optimistic or pessimistic households feel about the economy. Here's how they work, who runs them, and whether the...

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How Tech IPOs Work—From Filing to First Trade Economy

How Tech IPOs Work—From Filing to First Trade

A step-by-step explainer of how technology companies go public through an initial public offering, from SEC registration and roadshows to pricing, loc...

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How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Work—and Why Drug Prices Rise Health

How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Work—and Why Drug Prices Rise

Pharmacy benefit managers negotiate drug prices for 275 million Americans, yet critics say their opaque rebate and spread-pricing practices help drive...

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Germany and Italy Call for 'Kill Switch' for Stablecoins Economy

Germany and Italy Call for 'Kill Switch' for Stablecoins

Germany and Italy are pushing for an EU mechanism that would allow the European Banking Authority to shut down systemically important stablecoins in t...

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Paris Bomb Plot Foiled: Three Minors Arrested Culture

Paris Bomb Plot Foiled: Three Minors Arrested

Parisian police have thwarted a bomb attack planned against the Bank of America headquarters in the 8th arrondissement. Three minor suspects have been...

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