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Wall Street is on tenterhooks over the Fed’s ‘rare, genuinely suspenseful’ December meeting—the committee is unsure of the data, and each other

A divided Fed meets amid mixed jobs and inflation signals, leaving Powell with a suspenseful December.

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Eleanor Pringle

I chatted to Ray Dalio’s AI doppelgänger: It claims there’s a 75% chance the AI bubble bursts in 2026, isn’t so worried about national debt—and wouldn’t say which stocks to avoid

"One thing I’ve learned over the years," the freshly-launched bot muses, "Is that rapid, debt-financed build-outs often precede sharp adjustments.

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Eleanor Pringle

‘Don’t sell just because there’s a bubble,’ says Ray Dalio, but be prepared for low returns over be next 10 years

"I think the picture is pretty clear in that we are in that territory of a bubble, but we don't have the pricking of the bubble yet," Dalio said.

21.11.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

The latest Fed minutes read like another nail in the coffin for a December interest rate cut

It's looking increasingly likely that Jerome Powell's Christmas gift to markets will be an economic lump of coal, rather than what's on Wall Street's...

20.11.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

‘A deadly confluence of wrong-way news’ is what’s causing the global market selloff, says top economist, and don’t expect it to get better anytime soon

Hopes for an interest rate cut from the Fed are fading despite a global slowdown and a spike in the VIX.

19.11.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Odds of President Trump paying out $2,000 tariff rebate checks now sit at just 2%

In the days since President Trump made the pledge, members of his cabinet have poured cold water on the plans.

18.11.2025 30

Eleanor Pringle

America’s path out of $38 trillion national debt crisis likely involves pushing up inflation and ‘eroding Fed independence,’ says JPMorgan Private Bank

The government could "tolerate stronger growth and higher inflation, allowing real interest rates to fall and the debt burden to shrink over time,"...

17.11.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Trump blames ‘Too Late Powell’ for a housing crisis—but top analysts say low rates ‘snapped the trap shut’ on Millennial and Gen Z homeowners in the first place

What’s driving the housing affordability crisis—from decades-low mortgage rates that inflated prices to today’s record spreads limiting Fed influence.

15.11.2025 8

Eleanor Pringle

Butchered jobs and inflation data add fuel to the fire of uncertainty already blazing in the markets

A worldwide selloff accelerates as patchy U.S. data clouds the Fed’s next move, sending Wall Street tumbling and volatility surging into the end of...

14.11.2025 5

Eleanor Pringle

In just 15 years, the average U.S. homebuyer went from 39 to 59 years old: Top analyst reveals how the housing market has warped in one generation

The first-time homebuyer just hit 40 years old for the first time ever, but the average homebuyer is nearly a senior citizen.

13.11.2025 2

Eleanor Pringle

Welcome to the era of ‘low-hire, more-fire,’ warns top economist—the days of talent hoarding are over

"As the focus among businesses now turns to efficiencies and increasing productivity, we expect layoffs to increase, causing unemployment to rise."

11.11.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Bill Gates believes Alzheimer’s blood tests should be part of routine medicals—such prevention means you could work into your 90s if you wanted to

"Going after a few diseases, where Alzheimer's is number one by quite a bit, the imperative is very, very clear," Gates added.

10.11.2025 2

Eleanor Pringle

The S&P 500 is also in a K-shaped economy, says Apollo, with a widening gap between the winners and losers

Part of the growing divide between the rich and the average worker can also be traced back to where these households derive their wealth—namely,...

10.11.2025 2

Eleanor Pringle

Even as stocks slide, Wall Street is at ‘historically extreme valuations,’ warns Apollo chief economist

The latest data underlines a broader concern among analysts that a reckoning is looming for the markets.

07.11.2025 2

Eleanor Pringle

For Gen Z, it’s ‘not enough to work hard’ if you want to succeed, says Jamie Dimon—specific skills are the way to get ahead

"In the old days, you could be in 10th grade, go get a factory in Detroit, and eventually you could afford a family, a home, a car, and that may not...

06.11.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Novo Nordisk wants to keep its crown leading the weight loss drugs pack—despite outlook downgrades and lawsuits, its CFO has a plan

"The ultimate defence in our industry is in innovation," Knudsen told Fortune in an exclusive interview.

06.11.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Goldman Sachs CEO says AI-induced growth offers a ‘path out’ of America’s $38 trillion debt crisis

"The path out is a growth path," Solomon said. "The difference between compounding growth of 3% and 2% is monstrous in terms of dealing with this...

03.11.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

For now, data ignorance is bliss on Wall Street as investors are warned not to rely too heavily on private surveys

"The danger with this data is that its message will be given unwarranted credibility by the absence of proper economic data," said UBS's chief...

03.11.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Brian Moynihan warns the economy risks ‘malaise’ due to government shutdown, as deals slow and Federal workers pull back on spending

"Ultimately it's going to slow down the economy," he says.

30.10.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

Governments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debts, says UBS

"It seems unrealistic to suppose that governments will just sit idly by as this wealth moves around. We would expect governments to attempt to...

29.10.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

You can expect a 0.25% cut from the Fed, says Wall Street, but little economic insight from Powell—after all, he’s not got much to go on

"Chair Powell’s press conference will pivot away from economic data—given its scarcity—and instead focus on balance sheet policy, the policy...

29.10.2025 4

Eleanor Pringle

AI stock valuations aren’t wrong—they’re just not right … yet, says JPMorgan assets boss

"The question is how fast will we grow into those multiples?" JP Morgan's Mary Callahan Erdoes told an audience at the Fortune Global Forum.

28.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Ray Dalio says America is developing a ‘dependency’ on the top 1% of workers, while the bottom 60% are struggling and unproductive

"I think the issue is very much that you can't look at the U.S. as a whole nowadays," the Bridgewater Associates founder said at the Fortune Global...

27.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Why is Washington acting like the U.S. is in a recession?

On paper, the economy is growing and unemployment is low. But federal government policymakers are behaving like there is an imminent crisis.

27.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Europe at risk of becoming a ‘geopolitical playground’ warns Croatia’s former president, and says Trump’s 2018 NATO threat was justified

At Fortune Global Forum, Croatia's former president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović says Europe is at this critical “inflection point.”

26.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Trump shutting down trade talks with Canada could give Beijing another advantage

If Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has any frustrations he wants to share about his southern neighbor, he could do so with China's President Xi as...

24.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

AI boom is making your utility bills more expensive, says BofA, and they’re likely to keep going up

BofA has bad news for consumers: "There is likely further upside ahead."

23.10.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

U.S. national debt hits $38 trillion and Washington is ‘numb to our own dysfunction,’ budget committee warns

America's debt mountain is eye-watering. The interest alone costs $1.21 trillion annually— 17% of total federal spending.

23.10.2025 50

Eleanor Pringle

RGA CEO Tony Cheng: Americans are living longer—adding risk for insurers—but the real danger is people outliving their savings

As life expectancy continues to rise globally, RGA CEO Tony Cheng exclusively told Fortune that the growing risk of individuals outliving their...

22.10.2025 2

Eleanor Pringle

Ray Dalio says his AI clone will be able to give you investment and career insights whenever you want

Ray Dalio has a waitlist for “Digital Ray,” an AI clone designed to talk to the public.

22.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

This is the worst the jobs market has looked (outside of a recession) in 50 years, says Goldman Sachs, meaning bullish GDP estimates are too optimistic

Jan Hatzius warns America’s job market slump could drag down growth, with frontloaded orders and AI disruption skewing GDP signals.

21.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

America’s healthcare system is working out how to function with fewer immigrants and an aging population—it’s not going particularly well

Skilled foreign-born workers need clarity and confidence when it comes to American immigration policy, say healthcare professionals, who are needed to...

20.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Trump’s hand in the tariff war he started gets weaker as China GDP comes in ahead of growth forecasts

President Trump’s tariff leverage over China faces new strain as Beijing’s economy posts stronger-than-expected growth and diversifies exports.

20.10.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

Warren Buffett plowed more than $1 billion into three stocks, and it says a lot about where he sees consumers’ priorities right now: Houses, beer, and gas

Berkshire Hathaway's 2025 investments focus on consumer-driven brands like Lennar, Chevron, and Constellation.

17.10.2025 2

Eleanor Pringle

The $9 trillion ‘sideways succession’ of women inheriting money has begun—but 93% say they don’t need the cash

Three in four women say they're well on track to achieve their financial milestones without receiving any inheritance from family or spouses.

16.10.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

Powell says exactly what Wall Street wants to hear as Trump provokes soybean battle with China

Investors heard enough of what they wanted to remain bullish on further cuts.

15.10.2025 4

Eleanor Pringle

America is ‘going broke slowly’ says JPMorgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky

The risk is "that we move from going broke slowly to going broke quickly," Kelly says.

14.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Trump bet China would face ‘tremendous difficulties’ without U.S. consumers—Beijing just focused on the rest of the world instead

China's trade diversification has been so successful that its export market is growing significantly despite the trade war.

13.10.2025 50

Eleanor Pringle

Ray Dalio says the U.S. is headed for civil war, with either side exerting ‘tests of power’ on their rivals

Dalio said there are two outcomes for America: Either the nation pulls together and rises above, or conflicting sides exert as much pain on the other...

10.10.2025 40

Eleanor Pringle

Roughly half of U.S. states are effectively in a recession and ‘hanging on by their fingertips,’ Moody’s chief economist says

Moody’s chief economist, Mark Zandi, tells Fortune parts of America are already in recession, with 22 states contracting despite strong national GDP...

09.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Jamie Dimon isn’t taking a recession off the table for 2026: ‘You don’t wish it because certain people will get hurt’

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says a U.S. recession could hit in 2026, a warning to markets not to get complacent despite strong GDP growth and AI optimism

08.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

America is ‘flirting with recession’ if tech investment slows, according to new modeling—but bubble risk is still smaller than dot-com era

Oxford Economics warns U.S. growth could stall if tech investment cools, with global GDP also at risk if AI enthusiasm shows signs of waning.

07.10.2025 4

Eleanor Pringle

America’s economy is on a ‘sugar high’ warns Ken Griffin, and investors retreating to gold is one sign of a comedown

Ken Griffin said investors want to make the most of the rally in American equities but are hedging their spoils out of U.S. sovereign risk.

07.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

America saw ‘essentially no job growth’ last month, warns Moody’s, and any roles added were in three wealthy states

Moody’s warns U.S. job growth has stalled as the shutdown halts official labor data, forcing Wall Street and the Fed to rely on patchy private...

06.10.2025 4

Eleanor Pringle

By supporting Argentina, the U.S. government hopes to start a domino effect preventing ‘failed states’ across South America, says Bessent

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hails Javier Milei’s Argentina as a “beacon” for South America, backing it with swap lines while ruling out...

03.10.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

Everything’s supposedly rosy on Wall Street—but gold is rallying higher as investors seek safety in government shutdown

Gold is nearing $3,870 as investors flock to safe-haven assets despite Wall Street optimism, Fed rate cut bets, and recession fears fading.

02.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Yet another recession indicator is flashing as consumer confidence declines sharply in September

Consumer confidence has dropped below key thresholds, challenging Fed policymakers and Wall Street’s bullish market view.

01.10.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

Wall Street will be ruled by ‘rumor and pseudo-drama’ if government shutdown goes ahead, warns UBS

Wall Street braces for a U.S. government shutdown as payroll data stalls, leaving the Fed and investors flying blind on key economic signals.

30.09.2025 30

Eleanor Pringle

Wall Street sees no ‘material drawback’ in stocks thanks to consumers, says Fed’s Hammack—problem is, shoppers are increasingly shaky

Cleveland Fed chief Beth Hammack says markets expect strong consumer demand to keep fueling record S&P 500 gains—even as confidence slips.

29.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Ken Griffin says CEOs lining up to beg Trump for tariff exemptions is ‘nauseating’—and that the White House showing ‘favor’ undermines the American story

Ken Griffin urges the White House to avoid picking corporate “winners and losers,” warning exemptions for major companies could backfire with...

26.09.2025 3

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Wall Street is on tenterhooks over the Fed’s ‘rare, genuinely suspenseful’ December meeting—the committee is unsure of the data, and each other

Eleanor Pringle

I chatted to Ray Dalio’s AI doppelgänger: It claims there’s a 75% chance the AI bubble bursts in 2026, isn’t so worried about national debt—and wouldn’t say which stocks to avoid

Eleanor Pringle

‘Don’t sell just because there’s a bubble,’ says Ray Dalio, but be prepared for low returns over be next 10 years

Eleanor Pringle

The latest Fed minutes read like another nail in the coffin for a December interest rate cut

Eleanor Pringle

‘A deadly confluence of wrong-way news’ is what’s causing the global market selloff, says top economist, and don’t expect it to get better anytime soon

Eleanor Pringle

Odds of President Trump paying out $2,000 tariff rebate checks now sit at just 2%

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America’s path out of $38 trillion national debt crisis likely involves pushing up inflation and ‘eroding Fed independence,’ says JPMorgan Private Bank

Eleanor Pringle

Trump blames ‘Too Late Powell’ for a housing crisis—but top analysts say low rates ‘snapped the trap shut’ on Millennial and Gen Z homeowners in the first place

Eleanor Pringle

Butchered jobs and inflation data add fuel to the fire of uncertainty already blazing in the markets

Eleanor Pringle

In just 15 years, the average U.S. homebuyer went from 39 to 59 years old: Top analyst reveals how the housing market has warped in one generation

Eleanor Pringle

Welcome to the era of ‘low-hire, more-fire,’ warns top economist—the days of talent hoarding are over

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Bill Gates believes Alzheimer’s blood tests should be part of routine medicals—such prevention means you could work into your 90s if you wanted to

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The S&P 500 is also in a K-shaped economy, says Apollo, with a widening gap between the winners and losers

Eleanor Pringle

Even as stocks slide, Wall Street is at ‘historically extreme valuations,’ warns Apollo chief economist

Eleanor Pringle

For Gen Z, it’s ‘not enough to work hard’ if you want to succeed, says Jamie Dimon—specific skills are the way to get ahead

Eleanor Pringle

Novo Nordisk wants to keep its crown leading the weight loss drugs pack—despite outlook downgrades and lawsuits, its CFO has a plan

Eleanor Pringle

Goldman Sachs CEO says AI-induced growth offers a ‘path out’ of America’s $38 trillion debt crisis

Eleanor Pringle

For now, data ignorance is bliss on Wall Street as investors are warned not to rely too heavily on private surveys

Eleanor Pringle

Brian Moynihan warns the economy risks ‘malaise’ due to government shutdown, as deals slow and Federal workers pull back on spending

Eleanor Pringle

Governments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debts, says UBS

Eleanor Pringle

You can expect a 0.25% cut from the Fed, says Wall Street, but little economic insight from Powell—after all, he’s not got much to go on

Eleanor Pringle

AI stock valuations aren’t wrong—they’re just not right … yet, says JPMorgan assets boss

Eleanor Pringle

Ray Dalio says America is developing a ‘dependency’ on the top 1% of workers, while the bottom 60% are struggling and unproductive

Eleanor Pringle

Why is Washington acting like the U.S. is in a recession?

Eleanor Pringle

Europe at risk of becoming a ‘geopolitical playground’ warns Croatia’s former president, and says Trump’s 2018 NATO threat was justified

Eleanor Pringle

Trump shutting down trade talks with Canada could give Beijing another advantage

Eleanor Pringle

AI boom is making your utility bills more expensive, says BofA, and they’re likely to keep going up

Eleanor Pringle

U.S. national debt hits $38 trillion and Washington is ‘numb to our own dysfunction,’ budget committee warns

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RGA CEO Tony Cheng: Americans are living longer—adding risk for insurers—but the real danger is people outliving their savings

Eleanor Pringle

Ray Dalio says his AI clone will be able to give you investment and career insights whenever you want

Eleanor Pringle

This is the worst the jobs market has looked (outside of a recession) in 50 years, says Goldman Sachs, meaning bullish GDP estimates are too optimistic

Eleanor Pringle

America’s healthcare system is working out how to function with fewer immigrants and an aging population—it’s not going particularly well

Eleanor Pringle

Trump’s hand in the tariff war he started gets weaker as China GDP comes in ahead of growth forecasts

Eleanor Pringle

Warren Buffett plowed more than $1 billion into three stocks, and it says a lot about where he sees consumers’ priorities right now: Houses, beer, and gas

Eleanor Pringle

The $9 trillion ‘sideways succession’ of women inheriting money has begun—but 93% say they don’t need the cash

Eleanor Pringle

Powell says exactly what Wall Street wants to hear as Trump provokes soybean battle with China

Eleanor Pringle

America is ‘going broke slowly’ says JPMorgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky

Eleanor Pringle

Trump bet China would face ‘tremendous difficulties’ without U.S. consumers—Beijing just focused on the rest of the world instead

Eleanor Pringle

Ray Dalio says the U.S. is headed for civil war, with either side exerting ‘tests of power’ on their rivals