U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 18, 2026.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely in his final weeks at the central bank helm and now faces a choice, following a Justice Department decision Friday, of whether he stays on at the institution.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced in a social media post that she was referring a criminal probe int ...

Job seekers wait to enter the SacJobs Career job fair in Sacramento, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs the U.S. government reopens for business, Wall Street's attention will now turn toward when critical data on employment, inflation and other economic signposts will be released.Agencies under the departments of Labor and Commerce had not posted revised schedules as of Friday morning, but updates are expected soon.Consensus expectations are that the S ...