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US Weekly Jobless Claims Jump To A Near One-and-a-half Year High

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits surged to near a 1-1/2-year high last week, which ... Read more

China And US Discussing Trump-Xi Trade Meeting, But Optics Among Sticking Points

U.S. and Chinese officials are discussing a potential meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to take pla... Read more

DoubleLine CEO Gundlach Says Fed's Powell Is 'caving To The Stock Market'

Fragile equity markets forced Fed Chair Jerome Powell to pledge that the U.S. central bank will be patient with future i... Read more

Time Is Running Out For The US-China Trade Talks — But American Firms Still Have Big Questions

Despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressing optimism that "significant progress" can be achieved in this w... Read more

Watch The Context Summits' Global Economics Panel

The panel, which will be moderated by Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohammed El-Erian, will discuss emerging trends and... Read more

December Pending Home Sales Drop To Lowest Point In Five Years, Despite Much Lower Interest Rates

House hunters signed 2.2 percent fewer contracts to buy existing homes in December, according to the National Associatio... Read more

Private Companies Add 213,000 Jobs In January, Easily Topping Expectations: ADP/Moody's Analytics

Private payrolls grew in January at a much faster pace than expected as the labor market shrugged off the longest U.S. g... Read more

Fed Is Likely To Hold Rates Steady As It Navigates Data Blind Spots

In the six weeks since a confident U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates in response to a "strong" U.S. economy, co... Read more

Drop In Mortgage Applications Proves Just How Rate-sensitive Today's Borrowers Are

After falling for two weeks, mortgage interest rates turned ever so slightly higher last week, and that apparently turne... Read more

US And China Face Deep Trade, IP Differences In Today's High-level Talks

The United States and China launch a critical round of trade talks on Wednesday amid deep differences over Washington's ... Read more