CNBC's "Closing Bell" team discusses the possibility President Trump may want to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell if he raises interest rates with Peter Conti-Brown, assistant professor at Wharton School of Business and author of the book, “The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve,” and Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington Trust.
*Fed expected to raise interest rates on Wednesday. NEW YORK, Dec 17- U.S. "The ball is rolling towards dovish expectations even after they do the hike," said Jim Vogel, an interest rate strategist at FTN Financial in Memphis, Tennessee.
CNBC went to the U.S.-Mexico border to learn about electronic surveillance systems being tested that could stop immigrants from entering illegally.
President Donald Trump continues to lash out at the Federal Reserve as it considers raising rates at its December 2018 meeting.
Americans are getting more pessimistic about the economy. Only 28 percent of Americans think the economy will improve in the next year and 33 percent expect it to get worse, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
Doubleline's Jeffrey Gundlach gives his perspective on what might happen in a divided Congress as Democrats prepare to take back the House.
*Soybeans rebound as traders expect renewed China demand. CHICAGO, Dec 17- U.S. soybean futures firmed on Monday after two sessions of declines as traders anticipated more purchases by China after the world's top soy importer last week booked its first U.S. shipments in six months. The U.S. Department of Agriculture did not announce any new export sales on Monday...
When reporters began to uncover evidence of Russian disinformation efforts, the trolls kept trolling, according to researchers who wrote two new reports prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
*Goldman hits two-year low on Malaysia charges in 1 MDB probe. Dec 17- Wall Street dropped on Monday, but recovered from a slide of over 1 percent, weighed down by an Amazon-led drop in retailers and weakness in health stocks, with gains in banks ahead of a widely expected rate hike limiting losses. Because of the profit warning, there is an overall question of holiday...
DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Monday that he "absolutely" believes the S&P 500 will go below lows hit early in 2018.
In a statement, Alexander said, "it is time for someone else to have that privilege" of representing Tennessee in the Senate.
When reporters began to uncover evidence of Russian disinformation efforts, the trolls kept trolling, according to researchers who wrote two new reports prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
If voters sour on the economy, it would bode poorly for Trump, who has frequently pointed to it as a triumph.
Bijan Kian and Kamil Alptekin were charged in U.S. District Court in Eastern Virginia with crimes related to acting as unregistered agents of the Turkish government, according to court documents made public Monday.
An estimated 71.6 million people watched the final debate between White House contenders Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on TV on Wednesday.
Clinton and Trump agree on this issue, but they're both wrong about how to fix the problem, says Pinar Çebi Wilber.
There isn't a "chorus" behind Donald Trump's debate performance, experts told CNBC.
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