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One of the ongoing debates in Washington—whether under Trump, Biden, or any administration—is the role of the Federal Reserve (the Fed) and its influence on interest rates. It’s easy to

For many investors within the US, it’s easy to think of “the market” as just Wall Street or more specifically particular indices, such as the Dow Jones or S&P 500.

On May 16th, Moody’s became the last of the three major credit ratings agencies to downgrade US long-term issuer ratings from Aaa to Aa1 and changed the outlook to stable