A worker is making textile export orders at a production workshop of a textile enterprise in Binzhou, China, on July 8, 2024.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDonald Trump's election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris marks a historic return to the White House — an extraordinary political comeback that...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Tom BrennerTom Brenner | ReutersThe Federal Reserve likely will stick to the business at hand when it wraps up...
When the votes are counted in U.S. presidential election, will it be the gender gap, the income gap, the Latino vote or the media and marketing campaigns that turned out to be decisive? CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman sat down with four polling experts for an in-depth look...
A trader works as a screen displays the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 12, 2024.Brendan McDermid | ReutersRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Major Wall Street CEOs see ongoing inflation pressures in the U.S. economy and aren't convinced that the Federal Reserve...
Voters walk to cast their ballots during early voting in the presidential election at a polling station at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library in Tampa, Florida, U.S., November 1, 2024. Octavio Jones | ReutersExecutives at America's largest companies are talking publicly with investors about the presidential election more...
The jobs report for October came in much weaker than expected, and employment growth across different industries painted a mixed picture for the U.S. economy.The biggest contribution last month came from health care and social assistance, with 51,300 new positions added in that area, per data from the Bureau...
A jobseeker holds flyers during the New York Public Library's annual Bronx Job Fair & Expo at the the Bronx Library Center in the Bronx borough of New York, US, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe unemployment rate for white Americans inched higher in...
Job creation in October slowed to its weakest pace since late 2020 as the impacts of storms in the Southeast and a significant labor impasse dented hiring plans.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 12,000 for the month, down sharply from September and below the Dow Jones estimate for 100,000, the Bureau...
Hiring signs outside a Stewart's gas station in Catskill, New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPowerful hurricanes and a major labor strike could take a chunk out of the nonfarm payrolls count for October, which is expected to be the slowest month...
Inflation increased slightly in September and moved closer to the Federal Reserve's target, according to a Commerce Department report Thursday.The personal consumption expenditures price index showed a seasonally adjusted 0.2% increase for the month, with the 12-month inflation rate at 2.1%, both in line with Dow Jones estimates. The...