Your Cheddar hosts Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec recap the day's biggest news stories.
The Federal Reserve will wrap up its two-day policy meeting Wednesday afternoon. The central bank is likely to raise short-term interest rates by a quarter percentage point. This would be the 5th such increase since the Fed began raising rates from near zero two years ago.
Plus, as more investors rushed to buy Bitcoin this week, two top U.S. regulators reiterated their warnings about the potential risks associated with investing in cryptocurrencies. Both the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issuing a similar message: buyer beware.
Much like all the upheaval shaking the world, the huge swings rocking Wall Street may feel far from normal. But, for investing at least, this is normal.
Joe Cecela, Dream Exchange CEO, explains how they are aiming to form the first minority-controlled company to operate an exchange in U.S. history. Watch!
A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives. Genesee County Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart. The judge also wants to reward shoppers with free car washes. Clothier says he began ordering “Walmart wash” sentences this week for shoplifting at the store in Grand Blanc Township. He believes 75 to 100 people eventually will be ordered to wash cars this spring. Clothier says he will be washing cars alongside them when the time comes.
