Myles Udland

The Federal Reserve is facing and inflation problem and a banking crisis, two issues that call for two different solutions. And yet the central bank must...

Stocks finished lowe on Friday — though the Nasdaq and S&P 500 capped the week with gains — after markets staged a huge rally Thursday on news some of the country’s biggest banks would band together to help stabilize struggling lender First Republic.

Stocks finished lowe on Friday — though the Nasdaq and S&P 500 capped the week with gains — after markets staged a huge rally Thursday on news some of the country’s biggest banks would band together to help stabilize struggling lender First Republic.

U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday following a capital injection from 11 of the country’s biggest banks into troubled lender First Republic.

U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday following a capital injection from 11 of the country’s biggest banks into troubled lender First Republic.

Oil prices have fallen sharply in recent days amid growing inventories and broad stresses following the failure of multiple U.S. banks.

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and how investors react in the week ahead will be the market’s top focus, though key economic data on inflation and retail sales ought not to be overlooked.

Silicon Valley Bank has been closed by the FDIC after the bank failed to raise fresh capital and stem deposit outflows that sent the institution into crisis this week.

The budding crisis in the banking world has created another challenge for Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve as they try to tame inflation with interest rate hikes.

Stock futures were lower early Thursday ahead of a trading session that falls between the week’s two biggest market moving events.