• Feb 06, 2025

Fed’s Logan Is Skeptical That More Rate Cuts Are Necessary

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said interest rates may already be near a neutral level, potentially obviating the need for further cuts even if inflation continues to cool. Most Read from BloombergCitadel to Leave Namesake Chicago Tower as Employees RelocateNYC Sees Pedestrian Traffic Increase in Congestion-Pricing ZoneTransportation Memos Favor Places With Higher Birth and Marriage RatesHow London’s Taxi Drivers Navigate the City Without GPSState Farm Seeks

  • Feb 06, 2025

Franklin Templeton seeks SEC approval to launch new crypto index ETF

Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign, promising to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the planet" and to accumulate a national stockpile of bitcoin. The Securities and Exchange Commission, which had long attempted to block ETFs from investing in bitcoin citing investor protection concerns, approved bitcoin and ether ETFs last year.

  • Feb 06, 2025

Powell’s (NASDAQ:POWL) Q4 Sales Beat Estimates But Stock Drops

Electrical energy control systems manufacturer Powell (NYSE:POWL) reported Q4 CY2024 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 24.4% year on year to $241.4 million. Its GAAP profit of $2.86 per share was 9.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

  • Feb 06, 2025

Paylocity’s (NASDAQ:PCTY) Q4 Sales Top Estimates, Provides Encouraging Quarterly Revenue Guidance

Payroll and human resources software provider, Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 15.5% year on year to $377 million. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was better than expected at $441.5 million at the midpoint, 1.9% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.52 per share was 6.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

  • Feb 06, 2025

Dallas Fed's Logan signals rate cuts require US labor market cooling

She said she would view the combination of slowing inflation and a strong labor market as evidence that monetary policy was not meaningfully restrictive. While good news, she said in remarks prepared for delivery to a Bank for International Settlements conference in Mexico City, "it wouldn't necessarily allow the (Fed) to cut rates soon."

  • Feb 06, 2025

Bessent Calms Markets by Leaving US Dollar, Debt Plans Intact

(Bloomberg) -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he favors a strong dollar and has no plans to alter the government’s debt-issuance plans, showing a cautious approach toward financial markets from an administration that’s elsewhere rapidly upending the status quo.Most Read from BloombergCitadel to Leave Namesake Chicago Tower as Employees RelocateNYC Sees Pedestrian Traffic Increase in Congestion-Pricing ZoneTransportation Memos Favor Places With Higher Birth and Marriage RatesState Farm