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A customer refuels a vehicle at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
What You Need to Know Ahead of Wednesday's Much Anticipated CPI Inflation Report
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 14, 2024
A customer refuels at an Arco gas station on May 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California
Survey Shows Consumers 🐬Bracing For A Year Of Rising Inflat𓃲ion, Less Income
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published May 13, 2024
Close up of the Federal Reserve building in Washington DC
Fed Officials in ‘Wait-And-See’ Mode on Rate Cuts Ahead Of Next Week's Inflation Data
By
Terry Lane
Published May 10, 2024
Illustration of moms with children and consumer spending
US Consumers Set To Spend $33.5B This Mother's Day, Despite Waning Sentiment
By
Nathan Reiff
Published May 10, 2024
Shoppers carry Macy's bags outside the company's flagship store in the Herald Square neighborhood of New York, US, on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
US Co♈nsumer Sentiment Shows B🦂iggest Drop in Nearly Three Years
By
Terry Lane
Published May 10, 2024
People lineup as the doors open to the Mega Job Fair held at the FLA Live Arena on June 23, 2022 in Sunrise, Florida.
US Economy News Today: Do Credit Card Rewards and Airline Points Contribute to the Economꦕy?
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 09, 2024
A housing development in Las Vegas
Is Renting the Future of Single-Family Homes?
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published May 09, 2024
House for sale in California
US Economy News Tod🌱ay: Fed’s Collins Says Inflation Fight Will Take ‘Longer Than We Thought’
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 08, 2024
Man pays bill with credit card.
Why Are Americans Cutting Back on Credit Card D🥂ebt?
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 08, 2024
customers visit the American Mall dream mall during Black Friday
US Eco🉐nomy News Today: Americans Downshifted Their Credit Card ꦜDebt in March
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 07, 2024
A couple in a bank talks to a teller.
US Economy😼 News Today: Banks Made Loans Harder To Get In First Quarter
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 06, 2024
A chart shows the companies in the S&P 500 that gained and lost the most on May 3, 2024.
S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: Amgen Soarꦬs a🏅s Weight-Loss Drug Shows Promise
By
Michael Bromberg
Updated May 03, 2024
Thoughtful businessman and group of his colleagues attending a seminar in board room.
Why Investors, And Maybe The Fed, Cheered April’s Hiri🃏ng Slowdown
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published May 03, 2024
Now hiring Sign
US Economy 🐽News Today: At Least One Fed Official is Still Open to Rate Hik⭕es
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 03, 2024
Mega South Florida Job Fair
US Economy News Today: Mortgage Rates Climb During Spring Busy Seaꩲson
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 02, 2024
Now hiring sign
What To Expect From Tomorrow's Report on Jobs
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 02, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell announces that interest rates will remain unchanged during a news conference at the bank's William McChesney Martin building on May 01, 2024 in Washington, DC.
The Fed's Path Ahead is Murky—Here Are 3 Things Chair Jerome Powell Is Certain About
By
Diccon Hyatt and Taylor Tompkins
Published May 01, 2024
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference on key issues in monetary policy and the economy held by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors May 19, 2023 in Washington, D.C.
US Economy News Today: Powell Dismisses the Need for Additiꦦon🔯al Rate Hikes
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 01, 2024
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell departs after giving remarks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 3, 2023 in Washington, D.C.
Fed Holds Inte𝕴rest♑ Rate Steady To Fight Still-Too-High Inflation
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 01, 2024
Thomas Barwick / Getty Images
The Job Market Is Getting Stuck: Hiring, Firing, And Quitting All Fell ꦫIn March
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published May 01, 2024
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell
What You Need to Know Ahead of The Federal Reserve's Interest Rate Policy Meeting
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated May 01, 2024
A "For Sale" sign outside of a home in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. The National Association of Realtors is scheduled to release existing homes sales figures on November 21.
US Economy News Today: Consumer Confid𝓀ence Drops for Third Month in a Row
By
Diccon Hyatt and Taylor Tompkins
Updated Apr 30, 2024
Workers in an office setting
Wages and Benefits Growth Deals Yet Another Blow to Fed's Inflation Fight
By
Terry Lane
Published Apr 30, 2024
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell delivers remarks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 3, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced a 0.25 percentage point interest rate increase bringing the key federal funds rate to more than 5%, a 16-year high.
US Economy News Today: Don't Hold Your Breath For Interest Rate Cuts This Week
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 29, 2024
US President Joe Biden speaks during the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 2024 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
Biden Adminis𓆉tration Expands Push to Shift Workplace Rules in Fa෴vor of Workers
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 28, 2024
Customers shop at a Home Depot store in Arlington, Virginia, on March 14, 2024.
Is The U.S. Economy💎 Headed For A Bout Of♌ Stagflation?
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 26, 2024
Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC
US Economy News Today: Fed's Preferred Inflation Measure Shows Stubborn Inflation Increasing
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 26, 2024
customer selects goods at a supermarket in Foster City, California, the United States, Feb. 28, 2024.
The Federal Reserve's Preferred Measure Of Inflation Heated Up In March
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 26, 2024
A worker uses a brushing machine to refinish reclaimed wooden siding at The Hudson Company sawmill in Pine Plains, New York, US, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
US Economy News Today: Economy Was 'Worst of Both Worlds' in First Quarter
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 25, 2024
"Shopping" signage in New York, US, on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Today's GDP Report Not Only Showed Weak Economic Growth But Worrisome Inflation
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 25, 2024
Consumers shop at a retail chain store in Rosemead, California, on December 12, 2023.
What To Expect From Friday's Closely Watched Report On Inflation
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 25, 2024
New York City
Economic Growth Sꦡurprisingly Slowed To 1.6% In First Quarter
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 25, 2024
A home is offered for sale on March 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois
US Economy News Today: What Will Tomorrow's Measure of Economic Growth Tell Us?
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 24, 2024
A man working on a production line
Will The Economy's Hot Streak Continue? What To Expect From Tomorrow's GDP Report
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 24, 2024
Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows a house for sale in Washington, D.C.
US Economy News Today: Fed's Uncertainty Is Acutely Impacting Home Buyers and Sellers
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 23, 2024
A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal, 25 km from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf and 483 km northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, in Iran on March 12, 2017.
🦩How an Escalation in Middle East Tensions Could Affect thཧe U.S. Economy
By
Terry Lane
Published Apr 22, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the bank's William McChesney Martin building on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.
US Economy News Today: Policy Uncertai♒nty Could Be Growing Risk to US Financial Stability
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 22, 2024
Illustration of how housing shortages are affecting potential buyers
The Housing Shortage Is Hurting Almost Eve🦩ry Part of the Econ🔜omy
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 21, 2024
US Federal Reserve Board of Governors at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US
US Economy News Today: Fed Officials' Last Comments Before Meeting Paint Murky Picture
By
Taylor Tompkins
Published Apr 19, 2024
Two engineers looking at a robotic arm working in a factory.
US Economy News Today: Federal Rese𝓀rve Officials Downﷺplay Rate Cut Expectations
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 18, 2024
Woman trying on sunglasses
3 Reasons High Interest Rates Haven't Stopped People From Spending
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 18, 2024
Christopher Waller, governor of the Federal Reserve; from left, Philip Jefferson, vice chair of the Federal Reserve System; Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve; Michelle Bowman, governor of the Federal Reserve; and Lisa Cook, governor of the Federal Reserve, during a Fed Listens event in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2024.
The Fed Cares What You Think About Inflation
By
Terry Lane
Published Apr 17, 2024
A charts shows the companies in the S&P 500 that gained and lost the most on April 17, 2024.
S&💟P 500 Gains and Losses Today: United Airlines Stock Soars After Earnings Beat
By
Michael Bromberg
Published Apr 17, 2024
A for sale sign is posted in front of a home.
US Economy News Today: Higher-For-Longer Interest Rat𒉰es Push Homebuyers Into Market
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 17, 2024
Biden in Oval Office.
Biden Seeks Ste🎃ep Tariffs Hike on Some Chinese Steel, Aluminum ꦬImports
By
Fatima Attarwala
Published Apr 17, 2024
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
US Economy News Today: Powell Say♔s Recent Inflation Data Does Not Offer༺ Confidence
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 16, 2024
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and IMF Research Department Deputy Director Petya Koeva Brooks hold a press briefing as the IMF publishes its global economic forecasts at the IMF-World Bank Group spring meetings at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC on April 16, 2024.
IMF Credits Strong US Econ🐟omy, But Cites Financial Risks of Rising Debt
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 16, 2024
Yoshitomo and Ota owner Dave Utterback serving nigiri for guests at Ota during his Omakase in Omaha, Nebraska on November 28, 2023.
Why Have Forecasters Underestimated T🧸he US Economy Latel𒁏y?
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 15, 2024
Business woman sitting at a desk working in an office
US Economy News Today: An Old Economic Idea is Being Revived—It Could Impact Y𒉰our Job
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 15, 2024
A shopper carries Hollister Co. bags outside of Macy's flagship store in the Herald Square neighborhood of New York, US, on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Consumers Spent Heavily In March, ꦕFueling An Already Hot Economy
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 15, 2024
Illustration of the 32-hour work week
What Would Happen To The Economy If Thursday Became Theꦬ New Friday?
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 14, 2024
JPMorgan Chase Chair and CEO Jamie Dimon at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Dec. 6, 2023 in Washington, D.C.
What Bank Executives Are Saying Ab🃏out the US Economy in Earnings Cal🍷ls
By
Aaron McDade
Published Apr 12, 2024
Ralph Lauren
US Economy News Today: Cons𓂃umers Predict Higher Inflation
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 12, 2024
Senior engineer explaining machine functioning to new engineer and how to operating an Injection Molding machine.
US Economy News Today: Wholesale Price Index Adds to Inflatioജn Equation
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 11, 2024
Cranes working on construction site in Beijing.
Developing🤪 Asia To Grow Faster in 2024 Despite China Slowdown, ADB Says
By
Fatima Attarwala
Published Apr 11, 2024
Food shoppers search for vegetables July 1, 2023 at the Hannaford supermarket in South Burlington, Vermont. The inflation rate for food and other durable goods was 9.7% in May, 2023.
US Economy News Today: Inflation Signals Get Even 🍨Murkier on Hotter-Than-Expected Increases
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 10, 2024
A woman managing finances
Stubborn Inflation Means Higher Interest Rates for Lo🀅nger
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 10, 2024
A Mobil gas station in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. US crude futures hit $85 a barrel in New York for the first time since October, as OPEC+ supply cuts underpin a steadily strengthening market.
Inflation Rose Faster Than Expected For Third Consecutive Mon♔th In March
By
Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 10, 2024
Construction site in Shanghai, China.
Fitch Cuts China’s Outlook as R🧔eal Estate Downturn Hurts Public Finances
By
Fatima Attarwala
Published Apr 10, 2024
Roberty Findley prepares freshly boiled crawfish at Crawfish Nick's Lake Conroe, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Conroe.
US Eౠconomy News Today: Federal Reserve Officials Double Down on Murkier Forecasts
By
Taylor Tompkins and Diccon Hyatt
Updated Apr 09, 2024