After the pandemic, the major issue for U.S. small businesses was galloping inflation. This space suffered significantly due to a higher interest rate regime. The companies operate on a thin ...

The Federal Reserve gave home shoppers what they hoped for this week: a big rate cut and a signal of more cuts to come. Even so, aspiring homebuyers and homeowners eager to refinance should temper ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it will not hike stamp prices in January for the first time since January 2022 after a series of price hikes in recent years.

Stocks on Wall Street soared Thursday a day after the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate by 0.50 percentage points, with investors cheering the central bank's move to head off a ...

The big September swipe down in interest rates by the Federal Reserve is a positive move for small-cap stocks, but fundamentals need to be better for that cohort to sustain a leadership role in ...

Small caps are more likely than large companies to hold floating-rate debt, making the Fed's rate cuts of particular importance to them. Small-cap earnings are still under pressure, one reason ...

The Fed initiated a gradual easing of monetary policy with a half-percentage-point rate cut on Wednesday, anticipating an additional half-point reduction by the end of the year. * Following the ...

The rate cut is “a welcome development” and should put the stock market on good footing going forward. While the rally will be broad-based, small-caps will tend to outperform. This is because ...

US stocks rallied in the wake of the decision, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and broader S&P 500 both up by more than 0.5% from flat positions moments before the rate decision was revealed.

Small-cap stocks in the U.S. were climbing sharply Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered a large interest-rate cut to kick off its easing cycle. The S&P Small Cap 600 index was up 1.3% ...

The Fed made a big bet on the economy with an outsized rate cut, experts say, but there is a potential downside looming. Small businesses seeking fresh capital are likely to be big beneficiaries ...