by Betty Wong | 7 Jul 2025 | Economy
The “fear index” measures the ups and downs of the stock market. That often mirrors how we feel about the economy, and world. A person walks carefully along the peaks and valleys of a stock market chart. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was...
by News Decoder | 24 Apr 2024 | Decoder Replay, Economy, Government, United States
An announcement from the Federal Reserve of the United States can send investors around the world into a frenzy. We went to our experts to find out why. The gold vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. (Photo courtesy the Federal Reserve Bank)...
by Betty Wong | 27 Oct 2023 | Economy
Financial markets are so connected war, drought or flood in one country could sink an economy halfway across the globe. Or not. How does that work? Digital stock market board. This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is through...
by Betty Wong | 26 Mar 2018 | Economy
I loved covering Wall Street, spending trading days watching the market. But the question today is: How frothy is this aging bull market? Coin of the crypto-currency Bitcoin, 2 March 2018(Klaus Ohlenschläger/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) As a stock market reporter...