Category Archives: Business News – ABC Audio
Trade tensions are whipsawing US mortgage rates. What happens next?
President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of the Peace Charter for Gaza as part of the 56th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, 2026. (Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Ima...
Jan 27, 2026
Gold hits record high as investors seek safety
A display of one kilogram gold bars at Conclude Zrt bullion dealer arranged in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Gold closed in on $5,000 an ounce, with geopolitical risks and renewed thr...
Jan 26, 2026
Dow closes up 580 points after Trump backs off tariffs over Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 21, 2026, in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting of political and business leaders comes amid rising tensions...
Jan 21, 2026
European officials suspend US trade agreement amid tariff dispute over Greenland
A large vinyl decal displaying the official circular logo of the European Parliament, along with the full blue and yellow starred flag of the European Union, is affixed to the glass curtain wall of th...
Jan 21, 2026
Dow closes down 870 points as Trump threatens tariffs on European countries over Greenland
Photo of Wall Street (Matteo Colombo/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Stocks closed down significantly on Tuesday, deepening losses suffered at the outset of trading, after President Donald Trump threa...
Jan 20, 2026
Verizon outage affecting thousands of customers
Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some Verizon customers were experiencing a service outage on Wednesday afternoon, according to the company.Verizon said it was not ...
Jan 14, 2026
Inflation expected to have held firm, posing challenge amid DOJ probe into Fed Chair Powell
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. (Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- An inflation report on Tuesday is set to provide a key gauge of the nation’s economy, just days after...
Jan 13, 2026
Stocks fall after Trump's DOJ opens criminal probe into Fed Chair Powell
Money Cash Stocks Decline ( Anton Petrus/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Stocks slid in early trading on Monday hours after reports that the Department of Justice had opened a criminal investigat...
Jan 12, 2026
Could Trump bring down home prices by banning Wall Street ownership?
U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by ...
Jan 09, 2026
Hiring slowed in December, defying Federal Reserve's effort to boost hiring
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevil...
Jan 09, 2026
