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Wholesale prices rose 0.2% in August, in line with expectations
Wholesale prices rose in August about in line with expectations, the final inflation data point as the Federal Reserve gets set to lower interest rates. The producer price index, a measure of final demand goods and services costs that producers receive, increased 0.2% on the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. That matched […]
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Moderna to cut $1.1 billion in costs and launch 10 new products by 2027 as it charts post-Covid future
Moderna headquarters, exterior view, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Plexi Images | GHI | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday said it plans to cut around $1.1 billion in expenses by 2027 and win approvals for several new products as it charts a path forward after the rapid decline of its Covid business. […]
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Consumer prices rose 0.2% in August as annual inflation rate hits lowest since early 2021
Prices increased as expected in August while the annual inflation rate declined to its lowest level since February 2021, according to a Labor Department report Wednesday that sets the stage for an expected quarter percentage point rate cut from the Federal Reserve in a week. The consumer price index, a broad measure of goods and […]
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Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi promises to give patients more time, but they face a long road to treatment
Hannah Yoon | The Washington Post | Getty Images Leqembi, an Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen and Eisai, isn’t a cure for the mind-damaging disease. But the treatment promises to give patients such as Missie Meeks more time to live their daily lives normally and independently of others. Meeks, an English professor based in Ellisville, Mississippi, […]
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August payrolls grew by a less-than-expected 142,000, but unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%
The U.S. economy created slightly fewer jobs than expected in August, reflecting a slowing labor market while also clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates later this month. Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 142,000 during the month, down from 89,000 in July and below the 161,000 consensus forecast from Dow Jones, according […]
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Watch: Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Economic Club of New York
[The stream is slated to start at 12:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Former President Donald Trump is addressing the Economic Club of New York as he sharpens his policy pitch in the final months of the 2024 presidential election. The Republican nominee’s […]
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Atlanta Fed President Bostic says officials can’t wait for inflation to hit 2% before cutting
speaking at Jackson Hole on August 23, 2024. David A. Grogan | CNBC Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic signaled Wednesday that he is ready to start lowering interest rates even though inflation is still running above the central bank’s target. Previously one of the more hawkish policymakers, or in favor of tighter policy to […]
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Job openings fell more than expected in July in another sign of labor market softening
Job openings slumped to their lowest level in three and a half years in July, the Labor Department reported Wednesday in another sign of slack in the labor market. The department’s closely watched Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed that available positions fell to 7.67 million on the month, off 237,000 from June’s downwardly […]
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What’s stalling China’s stock market recovery, according to KraneShares’ CIO
China’s slow post-Covid recovery could be a lasting headwind for its stock market. With the mainland’s two largest indexes — the Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen Composite — each negative so far in 2024, KraneShares Chief Investment Officer Brendan Ahern thinks government stimulus is necessary to kick-start the country’s stock market performance. “Investors, particularly in […]
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The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator increased 0.2% in July, as expected
Inflation edged higher in July, according to a measure favored by the Federal Reserve as the central bank prepares to enact its first interest rate reduction in more than four years. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the personal consumption expenditures price index rose 0.2% on the month and was up 2.5% from the same […]
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