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The Fed Will Cut Rates By A Quarter Point This Month, Not A Half Point, WSJ Says

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The Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates by a quarter point at its next two day meeting in September. Read more

The Fed Will Cut Rates By A Quarter Point This Month, Not A Half Point, WSJ Says

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The Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates by a quarter point at its next two day meeting in September. Read more

Trump, Navarro Are The Only Officials In The White House Blaming The Fed For Volatility, Sources Say

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The president has criticized his central bank chief sharply, but stepped it up in recent days when he labeled the Fed le... Read more

Stocks Making The Biggest Moves Premarket: Walmart, GE, Tapestry, Alibaba & More

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Names on the move ahead of the open. Read more

Trump Just Blinked, Giving China A Possible Edge In Trade War, Jim Chanos And Others Say

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"Tell me why Xi should not continue to wait out The World's Greatest Negotiator, who keeps 'dealing' with himself?" says... Read more

Main Yield Curve Inverts As 2-year Yield Tops 10-year Rate, Triggering Recession Warning

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A recession occurs, on average, 22 months following such an inversion, according to Credit Suisse. Read more

Morgan Stanley: If The Trade War Escalates, A Recession Will Be Here In 9 Months

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Morgan Stanley explains why "we will enter recession in 3 quarters" if the trade war continues to escalate. Read more

China Reportedly Halts US Agricultural Imports In Retaliation For Trump's Tariff Increase

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China has halted imports of U.S. agricultural products, escalating the trade war between the world's two largest economi... Read more

Payrolls Rise 164,000 As Labor Force Sets A Record High

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Payroll growth rose in line with expectations in July and the unemployment rate remained at 3.7%. Read more

ISM Manufacturing Index Falls To 51.2 In July; Construction Spending Down 1.3% In June

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The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in July, but the pace of growth decelerated to its weakest in nearly three years. Read more

Gauge Of US Manufacturing Hits Lowest Since September 2009, Raising Concerns About The Economy

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The IHS Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 50.4 in July. Read more

Goldman Sachs: One More Rate Cut And Then The Fed Is Done

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Goldman Sachs gives an 80% probability of another rate cut this year to wrap up the Fed's easing cycle. Read more

Economists Who Predicted The Fed Rate Cut Are Now Utterly Confused About What's Next

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The Federal Reserve delivered its first rate cut since 2008 but Wall Street economists disagree about what happens next. Read more

Ron Insana: Trump's Fed Tampering Is A Bigger Economic Threat Than Interest Rates At These Levels

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None of the domestic data suggests that emergency measures are called for here. The Fed should save some ammunition, Ins... Read more

Powell Says Fed Will Never Move Rates Because Of Political Factors Or To Prove Its Independence

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank's rate decision was not a result of political pressure. Read more

Chances Of A September Fed Rate Cut Increase

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Traders now see a bigger chance of another rate cut by the Federal Reserve in September after it lowered interest rates ... Read more

Two Fed Officials Disagree With Decision To Cut Interest Rates

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Two FOMC members disagreed with the central bank's decision to cut interest rates Wednesday. Read more

US-China Trade Talks Resume In Shanghai With Tempered Expectations

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U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are not showing any urgency ahead of their first official in-person meeting since the... Read more

Recount Shows Trump Didn't Get His 3% Growth In 2018 After All

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The government's latest update on economic output dashed the Trump administration's longstanding hope for 3% GDP growth ... Read more

Strong Consumer Spending Vs. Weak Business Investment: What Really Matters For The US Economy

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U.S. consumer spending, the biggest part of the economy, saved the day for the record-long expansion, but a big decline ... Read more