Economy


Weekly Unemployment Claims Better Than Expected As Workers Leave Jobless Rolls

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Those collecting benefits declined as well, totaling 20.9 million, compared with a downwardly revised 21.5 million a wee... Read more

Fed Sees Interest Rates Staying Near Zero Through 2022, GDP Bouncing To 5% Next Year

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The Fed also said it will continue to increase its bond holdings, targeting Treasury purchases at $80 billion a month an... Read more

Here's What Changed In The New Fed Statement

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This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous... Read more

U.S. Consumer Prices Post Third Straight Monthly Drop

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U.S. consumer prices fell for a third straight month in May as demand remained subdued amid a recession caused by the Co... Read more

While 21 Million Americans Were Unemployed As Of May, Long-term Joblessness Hasn't Seen An Uptick

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The number of Americans unemployed for a long stretch of time has remained steady since the start of the year. Families ... Read more

Job Openings Tumble To Lowest Level In More Than 5 Years

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As companies shed record-breaking numbers of employees, the total vacancies plunged to 5.05 million in April. Read more

Big Jobs Gain 'has Bought The Fed Some Time,' But More Help Eventually Will Be Needed

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In addition to signaling a possible turn in the economy, the big job gains in May give the Federal Reserve some more wig... Read more

The U.S. Entered A Recession In February, According To The Official Economic Arbiter

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"The unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production, and its broad reach across the entire economy,... Read more

May Sees Biggest Jobs Increase Ever Of 2.5 Million As Economy Starts To Recover From Coronavirus

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Nonfarm payrolls in May were expected to decrease by 8.333 million while the unemployment rate was seen rising to 19.5%,... Read more

May's Record Jobs Comeback: Here's Where The Jobs Are In One Chart

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CNBC studied the net change in employment by industry for May based on data from the Labor Department. Read more

Unlike During Past Economic Downturns, Americans Have Money In Their Pockets This Time

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Personal income increased 10.5% in April, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said last week. Read more

The May Unemployment Rate Is Expected To Be Near 20% As Millions More Lost Jobs

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About 8 million Americans lost their jobs in May, on top of the 20.5 million in April, and economists see unemployment p... Read more

U.S. Productivity Falls At 0.9% Rate In First Quarter

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U.S. productivity fell at a 0.9% rate in the first three months of this year, a smaller decline than first estimated, wh... Read more

Jobless Claims, Total Unemployment Level Worse Than Expected

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First-time claims for unemployment insurance were expected to total 1.775 million last week, according to economists sur... Read more

'The Covid-19 Recession Is Over,' Says Economist Zandi As May Job Losses Not As Bad As Feared

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Finding good news in the loss of another 3 million jobs isn't easy, but the steep drop in private payrolls for May could... Read more

Private Payrolls Decline By 2.76 Million In May, ADP Says, A Much Smaller Drop Than Feared

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The reported total was well below the 8.75 million estimate from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The reason for the wi... Read more

GDP Is Now Projected To Fall Nearly 53% In The Second Quarter, According To A Fed Gauge

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The GDPNow outlook is now showing a 52.8% tumble, following data that manufacturing remains firmly in decline and will w... Read more

Visa Sees A Pickup In Consumer Spending In May

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Visa's total U.S. payments volume fell at a much slower pace in May from the previous month, indicating that consumer sp... Read more

U.S. Manufacturing Activity Pulls Off 11-year Low

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U.S. manufacturing activity eased off an 11-year low in May, though the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis could take yea... Read more

BoE's Andrew Bailey: UK Risks 'longer And Harder Recovery'

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Britain's economy shrank in the first quarter at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis as the country went ... Read more