Fed Chair Warsh expected to withhold ‘dot’ from central bank’s interest rate outlook

Kevin Warsh, nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, arrives for his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen building, April 21, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images When the Federal Reserve wraps up its policy meeting Wednesday, one important thing could be missing — a…

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The new oil? Inside the effort to turn AI computing power into a tradeable commodity

For decades, companies have turned to futures markets to manage uncertainty. Airlines hedge fuel costs. Farmers hedge crops. Manufacturers hedge metals. Now a startup wants to bring that same financial machinery to artificial intelligence. Silicon Data, a company that tracks pricing across cloud providers and GPU marketplaces, has partnered with CME Group to launch what…

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CFTC chair Selig defends decision to approve ‘perps’ in U.S.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Michael Selig weighed into the perpetual futures debate in a Monday appearance on CNBC’s “Fast Money,” defending his agency’s decision to approve the asset domestically. Selig said that incumbents will always fear the future, but that the commission is looking to onshore products that are being developed internationally to ensure…

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