Warriors Wire

Gene modification proposed to bring back near extinct American chestnut

An invasive blight made the American chestnut tree functionally extinct, wiping out 4 billion trees in the early 20th century. Scientists at SUNY ESF have genetically modified the tree to resist the ...
Wall Street Journal

Warsh Says Inflation Outlook Has Improved but Won’t Say if Fed Should Hike Rates

At a European Central Bank Forum in Sintra, Portugal, Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh spoke about inflation and interest rates. Photo: Pedro Rocha/Reuters “Expectations of future inflation [over the last ...
MarketWatch

Fed’s Kashkari now projects one interest-rate hike this year. Here’s what changed his mind.

Minneapolis Fed President Neil Kashkari said Friday that he’s flipped his view on interest rates over the past three months. In March, Kashkari said he was expecting the Federal Reserve might cut ...
MarketWatch

Did the Trump White House just give Warsh the green light to hike interest rates? This analyst thinks so.

A lot of ink has been spilled in recent months predicting how new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh would face the wrath of President Donald Trump unless he could quickly deliver more interest-rate ...
Wall Street Journal

Brief Drop in Mortgage Rates Points to Another False Start for the Housing Market

The U.S. mortgage market is locked in a tug of war, leaving home buyers and refinancers caught between a brief respite in geopolitical tensions and a hawkish Federal Reserve. In late February, driven ...