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CNBC spoke to more than 30 policymakers at the IMF Earth Bank meetings in Washington, DC, this week. The U.S.-Iran war, which is nearing its eighth week, dominated conversation. Uncertainty is weighing on the global outlook, with officials saying the war is already affecting inflation and growth. Policymakers around the international community are closely watching […]

According to MFS Investment Management’s Jamie Harrison, ETFs involved in increasingly complex derivatives and less transparent markets may be in uncharted territory when it comes to violent downturns. “Those would be something that you’d want to keep an eye on as volatility ramps up,” the firm’s head of ETF capital markets told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this […]

U.S. tech companies have increased lobbying efforts with government officials, industry insiders told CNBC. The tech sector has seen assets in the Middle East become military targets, and analysts predict shortages in key materials needed for the AI infrastructure buildout. A White House spokesperson told CNBC the administration has been working “hand in glove” with […]

Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., is asking whether the nation’s top financial regulators are examining a number of trades placed moments before President Donald Trump provided a major update on the Iran war. In a latest letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig, shared exclusively with […]

There are many situations where you may find yourself needing to tighten your budget, whether it’s because you were just laid off or, on a brighter note, you’re preparing to build a large purchase. Insert: A bare-minimum budget. A bare-minimum budget (aka a bare-bones budget) is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a budget that […]

Uber declared it will pick up customer returns for retail purchases made on Uber Eats. This also touches on aspects of bear market. The return pickup service works with items bought through the Uber Eats app from Best Purchase, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Petco and more. In a recent survey, a third of the citizens who […]

While talking about President Donald Trump’s signature tax breaks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged workers to update their withholdings to boost paychecks in 2026. the process can be tricky, and mistakes could trigger a tax bill next filing season, according to tax experts. Instead, you should review your , on the other hand2025 return and […]

Netflix’s recent attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s assets has made Wall Street and media industry onlookers question whether the corporation needs to pursue other deals as streaming becomes more competitive. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos commented during Thursday’s earnings call that while Netflix historically considered itself a builder and not a buyer, the WBD process showed […]

“High inflation and a weak labor marketplace would be very complicated for a policymaker,” the central banker remarked for a speech in Alabama. “If I face this situation, I’ll have to balance the risks to the two sides of the Fed’s dual mandate to determine the appropriate path of policy, and that may mean maintaining […]

Tokens are the basic unit of AI usage, but the consumption is becoming a distorted metric. Incentivizing maximum utilize of tokens only measures what an engineer spends on AI instead of what they produce with it. Anthropic has moved away from flat-rate enterprise pricing and toward per-token billing, so the revenue it collects reflects actual […]