Read a roundup of this week's major events, including the Federal Reserve's bumper 50 basis point rate cut and the S&P 500's (SP500) historic milestone.

They were not, though, in a panic or worried about an imminent recession. Instead, they were thinking that the old interest ...

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that it was the August inflation data released during the Fed's blackout period - and not concerns over a weakening labor market - that ...

Zeroing in on the last three years helps highlight that pattern. In particular, note that the EBIT figure is for the trailing ...