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Trump To China President Xi: 'You Backed Out!'

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President Donald Trump blamed China's President Xi Jinping for a trade deal falling apart between the two countries in t... Read more

US Trade Deficit Widens To $50 Billion In March

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The U.S. goods and services deficit with its global trading partners widened slightly in March as demand for foreign goo... Read more

China Confirms Liu Will Join Trade Talks This Week As US Says Tariffs Will Rise On Friday

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Tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods are set to increase to 25% on Friday, but the U.S. could reconsider the move if... Read more

Warren Buffett Says No Textbook Could Have Predicted The Strange Economy We Have Today

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This economic environment is one that no one could have seen coming given the current fiscal and monetary conditions, Wa... Read more

Here's Where The Jobs Are — In One Chart

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CNBC studied the net changes by industry for April jobs based on the data from the Labor Department. Read more

Vice President Pence Says The Fed Should Cut Interest Rates, Reconsider Its Dual Mandate Policy

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Vice President Mike Pence believes the Fed should look to cut its benchmark interest rate. Read more

Jobs Surge In April, Unemployment Rate Falls To The Lowest Since 1969

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The U.S. jobs machine kept humming along in April, adding a robust 263,000 new hires while the unemployment rate fell to... Read more

Fed Holds Rates Steady, Citing Lack Of Inflation Pressure

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The Federal Reserve did, however, make a slight cut to the interest rate paid on excess reserves that banks keep at the ... Read more

US Economy Grows By 3.2% In The First Quarter, Topping Expectations

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GDP for the first quarter was the best start to a year since 2015. Read more

Herman Cain Withdraws From Consideration For Fed Board, Trump Says

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At least four Republican senators had come out against his nomination, meaning he likely could not have been confirmed. Read more

Fed's Charles Evans Tells CNBC Rates Can Stay Unchanged Into Fall Of 2020

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Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said on Monday that he'd be comfortable leaving interest rates alone unt... Read more

JP Morgan In 'attack Mode': Mega Bank Is Bigger Than Ever, And Jamie Dimon Bullish On Economy

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Fears that a recession is on the horizon spiked last month when bond markets gave signals that confidence in the economy... Read more

Signs Of A Global Economic Recovery In The Second Half Are Emerging

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Worries about the global economy percolate even as equities around the world rise, but an economist at Ned Davis Researc... Read more

White House Planning Executive Order That Aims To Boost Pipeline Construction, Lower Energy Prices

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The effort was spurred by the blockage of the construction of the 125-mile Constitution Pipeline from Pennsylvania to Ne... Read more

Trump Says Economy Would Take Off Like 'a Rocket Ship' If Fed Cut Rates, Ending Tightening Policy

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"I think they should drop rates and get rid of quantitative tightening," Trump says of the Fed. Read more

Here's Where The Jobs Are — In One Chart

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CNBC studied the net changes by industry for March jobs based on the data from the Labor Department. Read more

Jamie Dimon: US 'absolutely' Right To Enter Trade War, Despite Short-term Economic Toll

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J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says there are "serious issues" affecting global companies that need to be addressed. Read more

Services Sector Growth Falls To Slowest Pace Since August 2017

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Growth in the U.S. services sector fell more than expected and hit its slowest pace in more than a year, according to da... Read more

Trump Reportedly Told Fed's Powell That He's 'stuck' With Him

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President Trump is stepping up criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell despite the Fed halting rate increase... Read more

Manufacturing Activity Rebounds In March, Construction Spending Hits 9-month High In February

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U.S. manufacturing activity rebounded a bit more than expected in March, according to an industry report released on Mon... Read more