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We have been saying for a few weeks that the softness in the April numbers looked like a "blip" and that the economy appeared to rebound in May. The jobs numbers confirm that view, and we expect that will not be lost on Fed officials when they meet next week.
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Much higher than expected job growth and wage growth shuts the door on a rate cut early this summer.
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As the Federal Reserve prepares for its June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, speculation is rife about its next move.
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Democrats are increasingly optimistic about America's economy despite signs that growth is slowing and inflation has accelerated.
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Labor costs are rising at a fast rate that indicates a resurgence of inflationary pressure.
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The number of people applying for unemployment benefits jumped by 8,000 last week to 229,000, more than economists had forecast.
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May brought a surprising burst of vitality to the U.S. economy, with robust reports from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and S&P Global.
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The smallest increase this year.
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Those looking at the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLT) and seeing it as a roadmap to a July rate cut have taken a wrong turn.
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Factory orders keep rising and orders for consumer goods are rising even faster.
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The number of vacant jobs in the U.S. fell to just over eight million in April, indicating that employer demand for labor has slackened and reviving hopes for interest rate cuts this year.
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Persistent inflation matches core inflation, suggesting that further progress on bringing down inflation will be hard to come by.
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Our view that the Fed would not cut rates this year has gone mainstream.
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Construction spending took a slight dip in April as both U.S. companies and the government hit the brakes on projects nationwide, feeling the squeeze of high interest rates. The Commerce Department reported Monday that spending on construction projects edged down
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The New York Stock Exchange said it is experiencing technical issues.
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The Fed meeting minutes released on May 22 mentioned "various officials" worrying that rates might not be as restrictive as thought.
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Inflation, high interest rates, and the exhaustion of excess household savings may finally be taking their toll on the economy. Consumer spending rose a modest 0.2 percent in April, the smallest increase in three months, data from the Department of
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The National Rifle Association's big victory at the Supreme Court on Thursday puts a target on climate change regulations that have put fossil fuel companies under fire.
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The U.S. trade deficit in goods unexpectedly surged higher in April as imports of autos and capital goods grew rapidly. The deficit widened by 7.7 percent to $99.4 billion in April, the Commerce Department’s advanced estimate of trade and inventories
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The U.S. economy grew less than previously thought in the first three months of the year, expanding at an annual pace of just 1.3 percent, revised government data showed Thursday.
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It is becoming clearer with each passing day that there will be no interest rate cuts in the immediate future—and maybe not even in the distant future.
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Neel Kashkari said that “dramatic increase in immigration” is boosting housing demand, adding to inflation and keeping the Fed from cutting interest rates.
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Hammack will replace Loretta Mester, one of the Fed's most hawkish officials.
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The Conference Board's monthly measure of consumer confidence is another piece of evidence suggesting that the economy accelerated in May.
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Consumer confidence rose in May but households' assessments of their financial health worsened and inflation expectations rose.
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After three months of rough inflation news, the April data is expected to give Fed officials at bit of a breather.
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High mortgage rates are holding back the supply of homes for sale, putting homes out of reach for many Americans.
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Just 40 percent of the public approve of Biden's handling of the economy. Trump gets a 62 percent approval rating.
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Who invited Bidenflation to the cookout? Hamburger prices are up six percent and hot dog prices up 7 percent.
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While Wall Street has finally come around to the view that interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer, it may still be underestimating just how high and how long.
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Axios reports that insiders close to Schwarzman attribute his return to the Trump camp to rising concerns about antisemitism and dissatisfaction with President Biden's policies.
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Americans are bracing for a cruel summer as consumer sentiment takes a significant hit, driven the impression that we cannot shake off persistent inflation and the view that the economy is not out of the woods. The University of Michigan’s
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Businesses stay optimistic as inflation stubbornly persists and Fed keeps rates high.
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High interest rates and home prices are putting homeownership out of reach for many Americans, especially younger Americans.
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Low levels of jobless claims indicate that the labor market is still providing fuel to economic growth.
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There’s a palpable tension in the air as Wall Street is confronted with the once unthinkable: interest rates may not be at their peak.
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The April-May minutes have a much more hawkish tone than the summary of the previous meeting.
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Sales fell for the fourth consecutive quarter as the company still struggles to recover costumer trust following its disastrous embrace of woke-ideology.
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Sixty percent of the public are skeptical of media reports depicting the economy as doing well.
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Prices hit a record high for April, putting homes out of reach for many would-be buyers.
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If Donald Trump’s social media venture is going to vindicate the faith of investors who have given it a six billion dollar market value, it must learn a critical lesson from the tech titans of the past: substantial early losses can be a harbinger of long-term success.
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Biden lambasts "corporate greed" while courting corporate leaders behind closed doors, CNBC reports.
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Progress on inflation has been very slight, so any rate cuts will have to wait until the Fed has several more months of data on inflation, Waller said.
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You can add the collapse of the U.S. consumer to the list of things that nearly everyone has been expecting but shows no signs of actually occurring.
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American progressives are in a state of high dudgeon, gnashing their teeth at the realization that the American people favor Donald Trump's economy over Joe Biden's.
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While the leading indicators no longer point to a looming recession, the COnference Board says growth is likely to slow to a one percent pace in the second half of this year.
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Jerome Powell might want to look away from the stock market. It's making a mockery of the idea that financial conditions are sufficiently restrictive.
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On Thursday, the company reported earnings that fell short of Wall Street's expectations and Kevin Plank, the company's co-founder who returned to run the company in March, warned that reviving the sportswear brand will take time.
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The White House says that you shouldn't take Joe Biden literally when he says inflation was nine percent when he took office—and tries to dodge responsibility for the price surge that has plagued his presidency.
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One month's worth of data does not make a trend—unless it fits the consensus narrative that the Fed is going to cut interest rates a few times this year.
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Home builder sentiment unexpectedly turned negative in May as high rates and new regulations hit the sector.
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Economists had forecast a 0.3 percent increase in the month-t0-month figure and a 3.4 percent rise over 12 months.
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Jerome Powell still stubbornly resists the idea that the Fed's next move may be a hike rather than a cut.
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The producer price index shows that inflation accelerated significantly in April.
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Joe Biden is not a general, but he suffers from the generals' curse of always fighting the last war.
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There's really no mystery why so many people are unhappy with the Biden economy.
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Biden's late-in-the-game embrace of tariffs is widely seen as an election year pivot to win support in battleground states.
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The specter of inflation haunts the corridors of the West Wing, and the Biden administration's every attempt to exorcise the poltergeist of rising prices only deepens the grip of its possession.
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