The Daybreak desk
Business & World
Companies, energy, and the systems beneath the economy.
A unanimous quarter-point increase puts borrowing costs back at the center of the economic outlook. The new forecasts suggest policy will stay firm.
File photograph · Britt Leckman / Federal Reserve Board / Public domain — U.S. Federal Reserve Board work · CroppedA new report measures changing perceptions. Its survey was conducted in the spring.
A smaller interconnection queue can signal withdrawals as well as progress. The distinction matters for the next wave of electricity demand.