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Norfolk Southern shares bounced Wednesday, as the railroad operator helped dispel fears about potential tariffs that had caused a selloff in the previous session.

Wall Street’s new mantra might be that the Federal Reserve should take its time before cutting rates again.

With so many unknowns about the offer’s terms, “Overall and generally speaking, no, I don’t see this a good deal,” an attorney told MarketWatch.

In a confirmation hearing for his nomination to head the $1.7 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confused two of the massive healthcare programs he would be overseeing as secretary — Medicare and Medicaid — and insisted he was not anti-vaccine.

Appliance maker is still working to cut costs and hoping for a recovery in the U.S. housing market.

Shares of International Business Machines Inc. rallied after hours on Wednesday after the tech-infrastructure provider reported a quarterly per-share profit that beat expectations.

Bad news for home buyers: Mortgage rates are largely stuck at 7% for the time being.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, billionaire financial-services executive Howard Lutnick, made an effort Wednesday to ease concerns about potentially inflationary 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico that could hit Saturday.

Democrats said the move was an unconstitutional seizure of power over the federal budget and warned of disruptions in funding to local police, domestic violence shelters, food programs and more.

It takes time for the Fed’s decisions to filter through the economy — and then even more time for consumers to see the difference.

There is so much uncertainty over potential tariffs and fiscal policy, “keeping things steady looks like the prudent move.”

With all eyes on the Federal Reserve’s first policy decision of the new year on Wednesday, it’s the Bank of Canada that might end up making a bigger splash for the day.