CNN — Republican presidential candidates delivered a smattering of false and misleading claims at the first debate of the 2024 election – though none of the eight candidates…
Read more Fact check: The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election | CNN PoliticsWashington, DC CNN — US mortgage rates remained elevated this week, rising for the third week in a row, but stayed just under the market’s 7% threshold. The…
Read more Mortgage rates rise to just short of 7% | CNN BusinessWashington CNN — As much as $135 billion in fraudulent Covid-19 pandemic unemployment insurance claims were likely paid out, according to a report released Tuesday by the US…
Read more Watchdog agency increases its pandemic unemployment benefits fraud estimate to as much as $135 billion | CNN PoliticsWashington CNN — During a Friday speech about the September jobs report, President Joe Biden delivered a rapid-fire series of three false or misleading claims – falsely saying…
Read more Fact check: Biden makes false claims about the debt and deficit in jobs speech | CNN PoliticsMinneapolis CNN — US wages have been on the rise, but it sure hasn’t felt like it. For more than two years, persistent and pervasive inflation has taken…
Read more Americans’ wages are finally outpacing inflation. But could it last? | CNN BusinessA version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an…
Read more Could the June CPI report change the Fed’s rate trajectory? | CNN BusinessWashington, DC CNN — An interest rate hike later this month was already in the cards for the Federal Reserve. But after the June jobs report, the timing…
Read more Expect more rate hikes from the Fed after the latest jobs report | CNN BusinessMinneapolis CNN — Areas of the US economy have started to crack under the weight of persistently high inflation and a string of 10 consecutive rate hikes from…
Read more Employers are preparing for a recession, but that doesn’t always mean layoffs | CNN BusinessCNN — High speed trains have proved their worth across the world over the past 50 years. It’s not just in reducing journey times, but more importantly, it’s…
Read more High speed trains are racing across the world. But not in America | CNNWashington, DC CNN — Spending at US retailers fell in March as consumers pulled back after the banking crisis fueled recession fears. Retail sales, which are adjusted for…
Read more Retail spending fell in March as consumers pull back | CNN BusinessA version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio…
Read more What markets are watching after digesting the US jobs data | CNN BusinessA version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio…
Read more Wall Street says bad news is no longer good news. Here’s why | CNN BusinessNew York CNN — Millions of jobs could be on the chopping block this year, as the Federal Reserve continues its rate-hiking campaign to tame inflation. But the…
Read more The Fed could easily drive Black unemployment much higher than the overall jobless rate | CNN BusinessHong Kong CNN — China’s economic recovery appears to be on track as it gradually emerges from three years of its strict zero-Covid policy. But rising youth unemployment…
Read more China’s economic recovery is on track. But youth unemployment is getting worse | CNN BusinessA version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio…
Read more From Wile E. Coyote to edibles: Recession forecasts are getting weird | CNN BusinessMinneapolis CNN — February’s jobs report had a little something for everyone. For workers, there were jobs; for employers, there were workers filling shortfalls caused by the pandemic;…
Read more Takeaways from the February jobs report | CNN BusinessMinneapolis CNN — The US economy added 311,000 jobs in February, according to the latest monthly employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released Friday. That’s a…
Read more The US economy added 311,000 jobs in February, outpacing expectations | CNN BusinessHong Kong CNN — China has set an official economic growth target of “around 5%” for 2023, as it seeks to revive the world’s second-largest economy after a…
Read more China to increase defense spending 7.2%, sets economic growth target of ‘around 5%’ for 2023 | CNN BusinessWashington CNN — The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in Maryland. And the members of Congress, former government officials and conservative personalities who spoke at the conference…
Read more Fact check: Republicans at CPAC make false claims about Biden, Zelensky, the FBI and children | CNN PoliticsA version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio…
Read more The US dollar is at a crossroads | CNN Business
