Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested that the bank is willing to stop interest-rate increases next month, and said tighter credit conditions could mean the peak in policy will be lower. He said, “having come this far we can afford to look at the data and the evolving outlook to make careful assessments.”
US stock market crash fears ease even as Middle East war rages on
Options traders’ fears of a U.S. stock market crash have significantly receded, with key indices like the Nations TailDex and Cboe Skew returning to pre-Iran
March 17, 2026