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[ad_1] The numbers: The U.S. generated 223,000 new jobs in December to mark the smallest increase in two years, but the labor market still showed surprising...
[ad_1] None of the 19 top Federal Reserve officials expect it will be appropriate to cut interest rates this year, according to the minutes of the...
[ad_1] In the first trading day of the new year, U.S. financial markets were bogged down by the almost universal view that a recession is approaching....
[ad_1] If there’s a silver lining to the current economic situation that features soaring inflation and falling stocks, it’s that savers can get more for their...
[ad_1] U.S. stocks turned higher at midday Tuesday, as investors gauged whether the recent losing streak in equities has been overdone. Traders also weighed the potential...
[ad_1] Following a sharp and sustained rise in interest rates, U.S. stocks have taken a broad beating this year. But 2023 may bring very different circumstances....
[ad_1] The numbers: The University of Michigan’s gauge of consumer sentiment rose to a preliminary December reading of 59.1 from a November reading of 56.8. Economists...
[ad_1] The number: U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in November, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal has forecast a 0.2%...
[ad_1] The November U.S. jobs report on Friday showed the U.S. economy gained 261,000 jobs last month, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.7%. Economists...
[ad_1] The numbers: U.S. pending home sales fell 4.6% in October, the fifth straight monthly decline, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. Economists polled by...
[ad_1] Anyone watching the market knows stocks have been hammered since the Federal Reserve began in March what has turned into an aggressive series of interest...
[ad_1] Income-seeking investors are looking at an opportunity to scoop up shares of real estate investment trusts. Stocks in that asset class have become more attractive...
[ad_1] Several headwinds that pummeled the stock market in 2022 have turned into tailwinds, setting the stage for a rally in U.S. equities heading into year-end,...
[ad_1] Investors are waking up to big trouble in big China. Stock futures and oil prices are falling after angry anti-COVID zero protests swept the country....
[ad_1] With the S&P 500 holding above 4,000 and the CBOE Volatility Gauge, known as the “Vix” or Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” VIX, +0.74% having fallen...
[ad_1] The U.S. leading economic index fell 0.8% in October, the Conference Board said Friday. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected a 0.4%...
[ad_1] The numbers: Existing-home sales fell 5.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.43 million in October, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. Compared...
[ad_1] The numbers: Construction on new houses fell 4.2% in October as high mortgage rates put off buyers and forced builders to scale back, a situation that’s...
[ad_1] U.S. stock futures rallied Tuesday morning after the producer price index for October came in lower than expected. The PPI index slowed to 8% from...
[ad_1] Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said Sunday that financial markets seem to have overreacted to the softer-than-expected October consumer price inflation data last week. “It...