On Interest Rates. That was the take away from the central olbanks twodayy meeting where Interest Rates re left unchanged. Todays decision or perhaps better said nondecision follows three rate cuts this year, which was an abouface from from thet four inter rate hikes in 2018. Steve liesman reports from the Federal Reserve in washington. The Federal Reserve ended a momentous year forli monetary by launching what it one where the policy rate is likely on hold for what could be many months. The move to neutral folws three successive rate cuts in hike rates in 2019. Of plans to the fed called the current stance of policy quote appropriate. The feds overnight lending rate stands at a range of 1. 5 to 1. 75 . The fed chairman suggested that could be the case for a while to come. We believe the current stance of Monetary Policy supports sustained owth, a strong labor market and inflation near t symmetric 2 objective. As long as incoming information about economy remains broadly consistent wit
Totally unexpected, totally t out of the blue. T of of course well talk about princes passing all thishi morning. Just incredible. Ncredi i think like most people we o were big fans growing up. And so many tributes coming inog from around the world, musicians and just people of all all types i guess. Esue he really reached everybody. And pushed the envelope in all ways. Because everything was a little bit different. Ryferent pushed the envelope in all ways and im telling youm something really wanted to t wear all purple today in honor of the prince of purple, purple rain but, you know, just amazing. Well talk more about it aboi throughout the morning but lets get to todays top stories. Orie we begin this morning withisg breaking news from the roads. T. The outer loop of 495 completely shut down. Dow this after a deadly accidentcc near temple hills road. Ls annie yu this morning livenil at the scene with the latest les for us this morning. Rn good morning, annie. Mor reporter hey, goodr
And conservative forecast. General elec profit in the co industrial u low crude prices could restrain overall growth. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, december 16th. Welcome, everybody and good evening. Susie gharib has the night off. But if you like market action, then you loved today volatility was everywhere. In stocks, in oil, in bonds, and most especially, in russias battered currency. Lets start with stocks though. The dow was of and then up 247 point, it jumped 155 points in 30 minutes. Then came a slow fade that quickened in the final hour. Heres what the dow looked like in graphic form today. Kind of an ekg in desperate need of a betablocker. At the close, the dow was off 112 points, nasdaq down 57, a drop of 1. 25 and s p lost 16. Now down 1. 4 fo far. As for oil, it was a wood blast job too. At todays finish, west domestic texas crude snapped a four day losing streak. It ended a whopping 2 cents higher to close at 55. 93 and traded above 57 t
And conservative forecast. General elec profit in the co industrial u low crude prices could restrain overall growth. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, december 16th. Welcome, everybody and good evening. Susie gharib has the night off. But if you like market action, then you loved today. Volatility was everywhere. In stocks, in oil, in bonds, and most especially, in russias battered currency. Lets start with stocks though. The dow was of and then up 247 point, it jumped 155 points in 30 minutes. Then came a slow fade that quickened in the final hour. Heres what the dow looked like in graphic form today. Kind of an ekg in desperate need of a betablocker. At the close, the dow was off 112 points, nasdaq down 57, a drop of 1. 25 and s p lost 16. Now down 1. 4 fo far. As for oil, it was a wood blast job too. At todays finish, west domestic texas crude snapped a four day losing streak. It ended a whopping 2 cents higher to close at 55. 93 and traded above 57
And conservative forecast. General elec profit in the co industrial u low crude prices could restrain overall growth. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, december 16th. Welcome, everybody and good evening. Susie gharib has the night off. But if you like market action, then you loved today. Volatility was everywhere. In stocks, in oil, in bonds, and most especially, in russias battered currency. Lets start with stocks though. The dow was of and then up 247 point, it jumped 155 points in 30 minutes. Then came a slow fade that quickened in the final hour. Heres what the dow looked like in graphic form today. Kind of an ekg in desperate need of a betablocker. At the close, the dow was off 112 points, nasdaq down 57, a drop of 1. 25 and s p lost 16. Now down 1. 4 fo far. As for oil, it was a wood blast job too. At todays finish, west domestic texas crude snapped a four day losing streak. It ended a whopping 2 cents higher to close at 55. 93 and traded above 57