[ad_1] The numbers: The U.S. federal budget deficit fell to $1.37 trillion in the just-ended fiscal year, the Treasury Department said Friday, half the amount of...
[ad_1] U.K. inflation accelerated slightly in September, returning to the four-decade high reached in July, amid further signs that price pressures are broadening beyond the more-volatile...
[ad_1] This may surprise you: Wall Street analysts expect earnings for the S&P 500 to increase 8% during 2023, despite all the buzz about a possible...
[ad_1] The U.S. stock market benchmark rebounded from a steep loss on the day when the government published hot inflation numbers. The S&P 500 Index ended...
[ad_1] The numbers: Consumer sentiment rose slightly to 59.8 in October even as Americans’ expectations for inflation worsened, according to a Friday survey. The University of...
[ad_1] Rent growth is beginning to cool. But it’s descending from a heck of a peak. Rental prices climbed 7.2% between September 2021 to September of...
[ad_1] Calling inflation “unacceptably high,” Federal Reserve leaders saw their strategy of fighting price pressures aggressively as less risky to the economy than doing too little,...
[ad_1] U.S. stock indexes edged higher on Wednesday, while hotter-than-expected producer price inflation data deepened concerns that the Federal Reserve may continue its aggressive interest rate...
[ad_1] Hotter-than-expected consumer-price index readings have triggered some of the stock market’s biggest one-day selloffs in 2022, serving to focus investor attention ahead of the latest...
[ad_1] Don’t assume the worst is over, says investor Larry McDonald. There’s talk of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve as interest rates rise quickly...
[ad_1] U.S. stocks finished sharply lower Friday, but still booked their best weekly gains in a month, after September jobs data showed an unexpected fall in...
[ad_1] Treasury yields rose Friday after the U.S. September payrolls report showed a surprise decline in unemployment as well as strong growth in wages, making a...
[ad_1] The numbers: The U.S. international trade deficit fell in August to a 15-month low of $67.4 billion, paving the way for a resumption of growth...
[ad_1] U.S. stock indexes ended modestly lower on Wednesday, despite briefly turning positive in the final hour of trading, while data showed steady growth in private-sector...
[ad_1] About half of the American public has heard little or nothing about the new COVID-19 bivalent booster, a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation...
[ad_1] This week Freddie Mac said the average interest rate on a 30-year mortgage loan in the U.S. had climbed to 6.70% from 6.29% the week...
[ad_1] Eurozone inflation hit a new record in September and is expected to rise further in the coming months amid higher energy prices, increasing the likelihood...
[ad_1] U.S. stocks dropped sharply Friday, with major indexes posting their lowest finishes since 2020 and logging a third straight quarterly decline as investors grew more...
[ad_1] The two major factors shaping the 2022 midterm elections collided in tumultuous fashion on Tuesday morning. First came the government report that inflation last month...