Fed Chair Jerome Powell seems ready to cut interest rates in the fall but will still rely on incoming economic data about ...

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In our latest Ask the Editor round-up, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter Editor, answers four questions on what Congress will do next with taxes.

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Today, the main indexes made modest moves to the downside. At the close, the S&P 500 was off 0.4% to 6,370, its fifth straight loss. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.3% to 21,100, and the Dow Jones ...

A fractured Congress will reconvene on September 2. A possible government shutdown awaits. Failure to pass federal funding ...

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Credit unions are getting in on crypto investing through partnerships with third-party platforms, but the risks to investors ...