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Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign sits in the window of a Denny’s restaurant on Nov. 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. labor market is showing further signs of weakening as the pace of layoffs has picked up over the past four weeks, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Tuesday. Private companies […]
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Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September; retail sales gain
Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September, indicating a potential cooling in pipeline inflation pressures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The producer price index, a measure of what producers get for final demand goods and services, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% on the month, in line with the Dow Jones consensus […]
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One Fed official may have saved market from another rout. Why John Williams’ remarks matter so much
Key Points Messages that come out of the top echelon at the Fed are measured carefully, calibrated between delivering clear ideas about policy without causing undue reaction in financial markets. That’s why a speech Friday from the current New York Fed leader, John Williams, mattered so much to markets. Ongoing concerns about AI tempered a […]
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Delayed September report shows U.S. economy added 119,000 jobs, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.4%
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign sits outside the entrance to a Burlington department store on Nov. 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. economy added substantially more jobs than expected in September, according to a long-awaited report Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 119,000 in the […]
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Senators seek probe of Trump crypto venture over alleged token sales linked to North Korea and Russia
People walk past an advertisement feature Donald Trump with Solana, XRP, USDC Bitcoin in Hong Kong. May James | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Two U.S. Senators are pressing the Department of Justice and the Treasury to investigate a crypto company closely tied to the family of U.S. President Donald Trump over alleged […]
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Fed Governor Waller backs December rate cut as support for weakening labor market
Christopher Waller, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during the C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Monday voiced support for another interest rate cut at […]
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Markets no longer view the December rate cut as a sure bet, with Fed officials casting doubts
Key Points Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell wasn’t kidding a couple weeks ago when he said a December rate cut wasn’t in the bag. Whereas traders as recently as a few days ago were pricing in at least a 2-to-1 probability of a quarter percentage point cut, that’s now flipped to a coin toss. As […]
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Boston Fed President Collins advocates holding rates steady, sees ‘high bar’ for further cuts
Key Points Boston Fed President Susan Collins said she will be reluctant to support further rate cuts anytime soon with inflation still high and policymakers hampered by a lack of data. “I see several reasons to have a relatively high bar for additional easing in the near term,” said Collins, a voter this year on […]
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House to vote on bill to end shutdown around 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, Rep. Scalise says
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote early Wednesday evening to end the longest government shutdown in history, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) said. “We’ll start the process probably around four, five o’clock. The actual vote on the bill to fund the government will probably come later, around seven o’clock,” the House majority leader told CNBC. […]
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Luckin Coffee eyes U.S. relisting as five-year turnaround from fraud scandal takes hold
Key Points Luckin Coffee CEO Jinyi Guo said the company is preparing to relist in the U.S. The Xiamen-headquartered coffee chain was booted from the Nasdaq in 2020 after admitting to fabricating $310 million in 2019 revenue. Backed by top investor Centurium Capital, Luckin has rebounded to become China’s biggest coffee retailer, overtaking Starbucks, and […]
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