The dollar edged lower against its rivals after the latest reading on the U.S. inflation, which bolstered bets on a moderate pace of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

Despite the threat of multipolar competition and a rearmament in Europe, military budgets are far from their 1980s highs.

U.S. stocks declined Thursday after a hotter-than-expected inflation report sparked questions about the Fed’s next move.

The pickup in crude oil futures gathered pace as the market again turns jittery about Israel’s response to an Iranian missile attack last week.

The settlement relates to charges that the Canadian bank’s U.S. unit failed to properly monitor money laundering by drug cartels and other criminal groups.

An abundance of natural gas has kept prices low heading into the heating season.

Natural gas futures snapped a four-session losing streak despite a bigger-than-expected increase in inventories and concerns of lost demand as Hurricane Milton knocked out power across central Florida.

Gold prices advanced after a hotter-than-expected CPI report injected some uncertainty into the idea of shrinking inflation and a soft-landing — re-energizing the appetite for safe-haven assets.

The regulator is set to expand its clampdown on digital currencies by going after a major trading firm.

Treasury yields rose after both U.S. inflation and jobless claims climbed higher than expected.

The COLA will increase the average monthly benefit to $1,976.

The WSJ Dollar Index climbed 0.4% for a second consecutive gain.

U.S. stocks settled higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closing at records as attention turns to the start of earnings season.

Treasury yields rose ahead of September inflation and jobless claims data.

Meridian Capital Group will resume business with Freddie in January, more than a year after it was banned in response to allegations that some of its brokers falsified client financials to get bigger loans.

U.S. natural gas futures lost ground with market attention on Hurricane Milton as it approaches the Florida coast.

Front-month gold settleed down 0.3% to $2,606 an ounce. The move lower marks the fourth consecutive day that gold has finished lower, shedding 1.9% over that time.

Private-equity firm EQT pulled the bank from a mandate for an upcoming IPO of a student-loan company, according to people familiar with the matter.

Milton is expected to make landfall in the heart of Florida’s citrus area, with four of the top five citrus-producing counties in the direct path of the worst winds of the storm.

Inventories rose for a second consecutive week as production picked up and refineries reduced their capacity use, the EIA said.

Andrea Orcel has teed up UniCredit for a potential takeover of rival Commerzbank. He wants to build something Europe lacks—a banking champion.

Bond investors are suddenly bracing for a downturn, while equity investors appear more sanguine.

With the presidential race in a dead heat, wealthy Americans are calling estate lawyers.

Neither a consumer brand nor a meme stock, Palantir Technologies has developed a fervid following among amateur investors—and it is joining the S&P 500 stock index later this month.

Valuation has fallen as analysts are less optimistic that dual antitrust cases will leave the company unscathed.

Lenders are seeing a rise in late payments on credit cards and auto loans.

Stock buybacks have slowed to a trickle. “If Buffett’s not buying his own stock, then why should we?” one investor asked.

There’s an ETF for nearly everything, but good ones are rare.

A hot summer and production curtailments haven’t been enough to eliminate the surplus natural gas in U.S. storage.

Wall Street economists are calling for more fiscal stimulus in the country. But Beijing may still not act boldly enough.