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Planning a project? Here’s why you need a Bill of Quantities

From cost control to smoother contractor quotes, a Bill of Quantities can be your building project’s secret weapon ...

What to do in a data fog? Keep cutting rates, some say.

The lack of crucial employment and inflation reports during the government shutdown has fogged up the Federal Reserve's ...

The cuts don't work - why the Fed may pause in December

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell surprised many market-watchers on Wednesday when he declared that another interest rate ...

Fed meeting today: Interest rates cut by 25 basis points amid historic government shutdown — but a December cut is not a ‘foregone conclusion’

Follow MarketWatch's live coverage of Wednesday's Federal Reserve decisions, after the central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points and said it's ending its program of "quantitative tightening" ...