Breaking News: Economy
Here’s everything the Fed is expected to announce, including the biggest rate hike in 28 years
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to do something it hasn’t done in 28 years — increase interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point. In response to soaring […]
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Retail sales posted unexpected 0.3% decline in May as inflation hammers consumers
Retail sales turned negative in May as consumers pulled back spending while inflation surged, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Advance retail and food service spending fell 0.3% for the month, below the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.1% gain. Excluding autos, sales were up 0.5%, which fell short of expectations for a 0.8% increase. The […]
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The Fed’s balance sheet reduction officially starts Wednesday. Here’s how it works
In addition to an almost certain interest rate increase, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday will begin reducing its asset holdings, a process that is expected to drain trillions of dollars in liquidity from the financial system. The Fed’s balance sheet , primarily consisting of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities (MBS), totals close to $9 trillion. That […]
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Fed reportedly considering hiking interest rates by three-quarters of a point this week
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Markets are beginning to anticipate an even faster pace of interest rate hikes, and Federal Reserve officials apparently are contemplating the possibility as well. Central bank policymakers are entertaining the idea of a 75 […]
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Strong inflation, anxious consumers add up to more worries that recession has already arrived
Trays of beef are for sale in the meat section of a supermarket in McLean, Virginia, June 10, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The case that a recession is looming over the U.S. got stronger Friday, as blistering inflation and historic lows in consumer sentiment painted an increasingly dark economic picture. As […]
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Inflation rose 8.6% in May, highest since 1981
Inflation accelerated further in May, with prices rising 8.6% from a year ago for the fastest increase since December 1981, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The consumer price index, a wide-ranging measure of goods and services prices, increased even more than the 8.3% Dow Jones estimate. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called […]
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Bringing inflation down is going to take time, patience — and pain
Products are seen in a supermarket, in Los Angeles, California, May 27, 2022. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Tackling runaway inflation won’t be easy and it won’t be quick, and it may carry a steep price tag that is just beginning to be paid. To stop 40-year highs in price increases, the economy will have to […]
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Disney fires TV content chief Peter Rice in abrupt shakeup
Peter Rice, then-chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Networks Group Inc., speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 3, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Disney has abruptly fired Peter Rice, its most senior television content executive, multiple sources told CNBC Thursday. Rice didn’t know the […]
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Mortgage demand falls to the lowest level in 22 years, amid rising rates and slowing home sales
Real estate agents Rosa Arrigo, center, and Elisa Rosen, right, work an open house in West Hempstead, New York. Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty Images Mortgage rates are back on the upswing, after a brief decline in May, and the housing market is still suffering from a lack of listings. As a result, mortgage […]
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Fed GDP tracker shows the economy could be on the brink of a recession
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy, in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A widely followed Federal Reserve gauge is indicating that the U.S. economy could be headed for […]
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