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Trump Administration Will Delay Auto Tariffs For Up To Six Months
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The White House had to decide by Saturday whether to slap tarifffs on autos over what it calls national security concern... Read more
The Atlanta Fed's GDP Forecast Is Sliding, And Expectations For Rate Cuts Are Surging
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The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tracker is pointing to a 1.1% gain in Q2. Markets expect a Fed rate cut as soon as September. Read more
Trump: We'll Know In Three To Four Weeks If China Trade Talks Are Successful
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President Donald Trump offers a projection about how much longer the U.S. and China could be locked in heated trade nego... Read more
China Is Raising Tariffs On $60 Billion Of US Goods Starting June 1
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The move follows President Trump's decision to hike tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. Read more
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
Fed's James Bullard Says Interest Rate Policy Is 'a Little Tight' Right Now
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Speaking at a time when the White House is pushing the Fed to lower rates, Bullard would not commit to that course. Read more
Economist John Taylor Thinks The Fed Is 'in A Better Place' With Interest Rates
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Raising interest rates have given the Federal Reserve some breathing room for the next time a downturn hits, economist J... Read more
Powell Says Fed Doesn't See Strong Case For Rate Cut Or Hike
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says the central bank is likely to keep interest rates steady, despite pressure from Presiden... 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
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
US Trade Deficit Falls In February As Shortfall With China Decreases 28%
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The decline was due in large part to a 28.2 percent decrease in its goods deficit with China as exports to the nation su... Read more
Alan Greenspan Says Economy Will Start To Fade 'very Dramatically' Because Of Entitlement Burden
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Economic growth won't last as the U.S. labors under the burden of growing entitlement programs, former Fed Chairman Alan... Read more
Cain Reportedly Will Withdraw His Name As Potential Fed Nominee
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In recent days, at least four GOP senators said they would not back Cain, seeming to torpedo the nomination before it ev... 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
Job Market Bounces Back In March With 196,000 Gain In Payrolls
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The numbers came a month after February's jaw-dropping gain of just 20,000, which was revised up to 33,000 in the March ... Read more
Job Layoffs Surge 35% To Highest Level To Start A Year In A Decade
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Total cuts hit 190,410, a 10.3 percent increase from the fourth quarter and 35.6 percent jump from the same period a yea... Read more
Trump To Meet With China's Vice Premier As The US Closes In On A Deal To End The Trade War
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The meeting comes as Washington and Beijing appeared to be closing in on a deal that would put an end to their ongoing t... Read more
Payrolls Post Another Disappointing Month In March As Job Market Keeps Slowing
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Job growth hit an 18-month low in March amid increasing signs that the hiring boom may be running out of steam. Read more
