For Libby Starling, much of her work is spending time with policymakers and policy practitioners who are trying to make decisions about zoning and land use. “I try and spend a fair amount of time in ...

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack joins WSJ’s ‘Take On the Week’ to discuss interest rates, inflation and the importance of central bank independence. She shares insights on the labor market and ...

Blue Spring State Park is Florida at its finest. Located west of Orange City and north of Orlando, the 2,600-acre destination centers around the eponymous first-magnitude spring that discharges more ...

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who’s on the shortlist to chair the Federal Reserve, said President Trump would not get a say in interest rate decisions at the Fed if he ...

Social Security COLAs are tied to CPI-W inflation data from July through September, not to Federal Reserve interest rate decisions. The 2026 COLA is locked at 2.8% and will not change due to recent ...

On December 10, 2025, the Federal Reserve announced a quarter-percentage-point rate cut, bringing the benchmark rate to the 3.5%-3.75% range. This was both the final rate cut and the final Fed meeting ...

The Fed cut rates by 0.25% in December. Savings account and CD yields may decline as a result. On the plus side, credit card rates should fall and borrowing should become less expensive. Social ...

Kevin Hassett remains the odds-on favorite to succeed Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve — despite vast misgiving from Wall Street and CEO types. “It’s in the president’s hands,” is how ...

A Walk in the Park is an ongoing series from State Journal photographer Nick King, who intends to explore Lansing area parks one hour at a time. If you have a suggestion of a park he should visit, ...

The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points to a 3.50% to 3.75% range after three consecutive cuts in 2025. The Fed projects 2.4% PCE inflation in 2026 and 2.1% in 2027. Social Security’s 2027 COLA could ...

Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates for the third straight meeting on Wednesday while signaling there may be only one cut next year as rates get closer to a neutral level. The Fed lowered ...