As she unveiled her most detailed economic plan yet this week, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged to fight price gouging in order to rein in voters' grocery costs. The vice president first teased the federal ban in mid-August, prompting former President Donald Trump to attack the plan as "Soviet-style"...
Treasurys on the blockchain: How a new deal could reshape the ETF industry
Blockchain technology and tokenization could challenge the traditional ETF model. Janus Henderson said recently that it's partnering with Anemoy Limited and Centrifuge to create Anemoy's Liquid Treasury Fund (LTF), an on-chain technology-based fund that will give investors direct access to short-term U.S. Treasury bills. "It's not necessarily a threat...
Key Fed inflation gauge at 2.2% in August, lower than expected
Inflation moved closer to the Federal Reserve's target in August, easing the way for future interest rate cuts, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, a gauge the Fed focuses on to measure the cost of goods and services in the U.S. economy, rose 0.1%...
Micron shares surge after upbeat first-quarter forecast due to AI demand for memory chips
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Micron Technology shares surged roughly 14% in after-hours trading after the memory maker forecast higher-than-expected first-quarter revenue due to the thirst for its memory chips used in artificial intelligence computing. Micron is one of the only three providers of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips...