Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 15, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMarkets seem to have taken this week's positive economic data as the all-clear signal for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest...
Grocery items are offered for sale at a supermarket on August 09, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesWholesale prices in October posted their biggest decline in 2½ years, providing another indication that the worst of the inflation surge may have passed.The producer price index, which measures final-demand...
Inflation was flat in October from the previous month, providing a hopeful sign that stubbornly high prices are easing their grip on the U.S. economy.The consumer price index, which measures a broad basket of commonly used goods and services, increased 3.2% from a year ago despite being unchanged for...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters during a press conference after the release of the Fed policy decision to leave interest rates unchanged, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S, September 20, 2023.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersUBS expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates...
A customer shops at a Costco store in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2023.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe consumer took a spending break ahead of the holiday season, with October retail sales, excluding autos and gas, falling by 0.08%, and core retail, which also removes restaurants, declining by 0.03%,...
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday a soft landing is still on the table as the central bank seeks to combat inflation without hurting the economy significantly."Because of some of the strangeness of this moment, there is the possibility of the golden path ... that we got inflation...
A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, July 26, 2023.Brendan McDermid | ReutersThe world's major central banks paused their interest...
People walk through downtown Manhattan in New York City on Dec. 2, 2022.Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe labor market showed greater deterioration for Hispanic workers, whose unemployment rate rose more than that of the U.S.', according to data released Friday by the Department of Labor.The overall...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 02, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesFriday's market reaction to the jobs report comes down to a simple premise: bad news is good news, as long as it isn't too bad.Stocks rallied...
The October jobs report showed a cooling labor market in the U.S., with many sectors showing minimal or negative growth as the economy added a relatively meager 150,000 jobs overall.A bright spot came in health care and social assistance, which added more than 77,000 jobs. Within that, ambulatory health...