Economy
Job Creation Has Another Rough Month In June As Private Payrolls Rise By Just 102,000
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The growth in private jobs missed even modest Wall Street expectations of 135,000 and signal a possibly weak nonfarm pay... Read more
'Dr. Doom' Economist Nouriel Roubini Sees Trade War Tipping Global Economy Into A Recession
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The rivalry between the U.S. and China could be so disruptive that it's starting to decouple the global economy and even... Read more
This Is Now The Longest US Economic Expansion In History
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The ongoing U.S. economic expansion has entered its 121st month, marking the longest run on record going back to 1854. Read more
US Consumer Spending Rises In May, But Inflation Remains Muted
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U.S. personal income was expected to rise 0.3% in May, down from the 0.5% increase reported for the previous month. Read more
Trump Might Not Need To Hear Much To Strike A Truce With China: Senior Official
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Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet Saturday, with expectations running high that the two leaders can... Read more
What You Need To Know About Saturday's Highly Anticipated Trump-Xi Meeting
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The highly anticipated meeting will likely impact the bilateral relationship and the broader global economy. Read more
US Core Capital Goods Orders Rebound; Shipments Increase
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U.S. factory orders for long-lasting goods were expected to ease 0.1% in May, after sinking 2.1% a month earlier. Read more
Trump Says A US-China Trade Deal Is Possible, But He's 'happy Where We Are Now'
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While Trump stresses the importance of getting a deal, he also says the tariffs have been good for the U.S. economy. Read more
Mnuchin: 'We Were About 90% Of The Way' On China Trade Deal And There's A 'path To Complete This'
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Mnuchin tells CNBC he's confident President Trump and China's Xi Jinping can make progress in stalled trade talks. Read more
Major Companies Are Ringing Alarm Bells, Trying To Warn Washington About More Tariffs
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More than 300 companies are talking to government officials in Washington about how detrimental the trade war is. Read more
Fed Chief Jerome Powell Warns Against Policy Bending To 'short-term Political Interests'
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Powell stresses the central bank's independence amid continuous pressure from President Donald Trump to cut interest rat... Read more
Consumer Confidence Drops More Than Expected, Reaching Its Lowest Point In Nearly Two Years
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The Conference Board, a business research group, on Tuesday released the June update for its consumer confidence index. Read more
Debt And Deficits Won't Be As Bad As Feared But Are Still Dangerous, CBO Says
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The national debt will rise to 141% of the economy over the next 30 years — 11 percentage points lower than the agency... Read more
G-20 Leaders Face Toxic Brew Of Political Instability, Trade Tensions And Slowing Global Growth
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What makes this moment even more perilous is that world leaders come to the table with far less cohesiveness, nursing wo... Read more
Fed's Kaplan Says It's 'too Early' To Decide If Interest Rates Need To Be Cut
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"I believe it would be wise to take additional time and allow events to unfold" before deciding on rates, the Dallas Fed... Read more
Billionaires To Trump And Other 2020 Candidates: Please Tax Us
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Nineteen billionaires release a letter asking the 2020 presidential candidates to support a tax on America's richest fam... Read more
A Fed President Explained Why He Was The Lone Member Who Wanted An 'insurance' Cut This Week
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In a statement Friday, Bullard explains his vote against the decision to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Read more
The Trump Economy Is Starting To Look More And More Like The Obama Economy
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It wasn't supposed to be this way: The 2017 tax cut and deregulation were supposed to pull the economy out of its glacia... Read more
Goldman Changes Tune On The Fed, Sees Two Rate Cuts And Early End To Balance Sheet Rolloff
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The Fed may be on its way to a half-point interest rate cut next month even though conditions don't seem to warrant, Gol... Read more
Philadelphia Fed's Manufacturing Gauge Tumbles In June, Buoying The Case For Lower Rates
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The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's manufacturing gauge tumbled this month, solidifying the Fed's case for easier monetar... Read more
