[ad_1] New York Fed President John Williams on Thursday sounded content with the current level of interest rates, but said he will be watching data closely...
[ad_1] With second-quarter earnings season now largely behind the market, stock investors have been focusing on the latest economic data. They have, for the most part,...
[ad_1] The Federal Reserve can probably end its inflation fight now that the U.S. labor market is cooling after generating a historic 26 million jobs in...
[ad_1] The numbers: The index of U.S. consumer confidence dipped to 106.1 in August from a revised 114 in the prior month, the Conference Board said...
[ad_1] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell set a high bar for additional interest-rate hikes, economists said Sunday in their commentary on all the talk at the...
[ad_1] Economists don’t much like presidential-campaign seasons. For them, it’s a bit like seeing their manicured gardens getting trampled by schoolchildren having a water-balloon fight. Robert...
[ad_1] U.S. stocks posted back-to-back losses Wednesday after Federal Reserve minutes of its July meetings showed concerns about inflation revving back up. The Dow Jones Industrial...
[ad_1] U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday as investors monitored signs of China’s darkening economic backdrop and gauged if a robust U.S. consumer could spell more...
[ad_1] U.S. inflation has slowed down significantly over the past few months, but it faces risks of reacceleration in the fourth quarter, or next year, some...
[ad_1] For the last 18 months, all you’ve heard from the markets is that the U.S. economy is three months away from a recession. Now, the...
[ad_1] U.S. inflation has slowed down significantly over the past few months, but it faces risks of reacceleration in the fourth quarter, or next year, some...
[ad_1] The numbers: The University of Michigan’s gauge of consumer sentiment inched down to a preliminary August reading of 71.2 after hitting a 22-month high of...
[ad_1] The numbers: The U.S. producer price index rose 0.3% in July, the Labor Department said Friday, up from a revised flat reading in June and...
[ad_1] Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida on Thursday said he thinks another interest-rate hike this year would be a wise move by the U.S....
[ad_1] “The U.S. economy is enjoying ‘a boom in large-scale infrastructure [and] rebounding domestic business investment led by manufacturing.’” — Morgan Stanley’s Zentner At least one...
[ad_1] Federal Reserve Board Gov. Christopher Waller said Thursday he was not swayed by June’s benign consumer inflation data, and said he wants the central bank...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. government posted a $228 billion budget deficit for June, up 156% from a year earlier as revenues continued...
[ad_1] Markets seem to be embracing the notion of a soft landing for the U.S. economy despite inflation remaining above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. “Soft...
[ad_1] There was support from an unspecified number of Federal Reserve officials for an interest rate hike at the central bank’s policy meeting in June, according...
[ad_1] The S&P 500 index just wrapped up its strongest first half of a year since 2019, as a U.S. recession feared near by many investors...