People shop at a supermarket in Montebello, California, on May 15, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesInflation is taking baby steps towards coming back to where policymakers want it, with a report due Friday expected to show more of that creeping progress.The Commerce Department's measure of personal...
The world is mired in $315 trillion of debt, according to a report from the Institute of International Finance.This global debt wave has been the biggest, fastest and most wide-ranging rise in debt since World War II, coinciding with the Covid-19 pandemic."This increase marks the second consecutive quarterly rise and was primarily...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 24, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesInvestors likely will have to sweat out a summer during which it looks increasingly improbable that the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest...
People walk in the rain over the London Bridge in central London, March 12, 2024.Lucy North - Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty ImagesLONDON — U.K. retail sales volumes dropped 2.3% in April as wet weather deterred shoppers, the Office for National Statistics said Friday.Economists polled by Reuters...
Rows of new Tesla cars are seen in a holding area near a customer collection point on April 15, 2024 in London, England.Leon Neal | Getty ImagesSoaring auto insurance costs have been a principle driver behind inflation over the past year, but there could be relief on the way,...
JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon arrives for a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase's chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon says the the U.S. economy could see a "hard landing."When asked by...
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building during a renovation in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve officials appear to have "no idea" what is happening when it comes to the inflation picture in the U.S., according to Julian Howard,...
The war between Russia and Ukraine — both major producers of food commodities and energy — has disrupted global production, trade and supply in these areas, leading to a surge in prices.Solstock | E+ | Getty ImagesU.K. inflation fell to 2.3% in April, the Office for National Statistics said...
A shopper selects fresh produce from a market stall in the Kingston district of London, UK, on Monday, May 20, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON — U.K. inflation could be about to hit a major milestone, with some forecasting that a sharp fall in the April print will...
A view shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2024. Kaylee Greenlee Beal | ReutersGovernment debt that has swelled nearly 50% since the early days of the Covid pandemic is generating elevated levels of worry both on Wall Street and in Washington.The federal IOU is now at $34.5...