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Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is making the largest individual gift in higher education history, donating $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University to expand its Pittsburgh campus and build a new campus in Miami. The Citadel founder and CEO’s gift includes $1 billion for Carnegie Mellon’s Pittsburgh campus, including $500…

The inspector general’s investigation into the Federal Reserve’s costly renovation project determined that there was no administrative misconduct after the cost overruns prompted an investigation of former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid criticism from President Donald Trump. The Office of Inspector General for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors began…

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled more than expected but remained elevated well above target in August as consumers continued to face price pressures. The Commerce Department on Wednesday reported that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index rose 0.3% on a monthly basis in August and was up 3.4%…

The Treasury Department and IRS are moving to automatically establish Trump Accounts for millions of eligible children, a major expansion of the investment program created under President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law. Temporary regulations issued by Treasury and the IRS establish a system that allows the Treasury secretary to…

This is a story about the final reading of second-quarter gross domestic product. Please check back for updates. The U.S. economy grew at a stronger pace than expected in the second quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s estimate.The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Wednesday released its final reading of second-quarter GDP,…