Economy
Treasury yields are flat as investors digest latest GDP and inflation data
Treasury yields were unchanged on Friday as investors digested a week of key economic data and policy releases. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was unchanged at 4.390%. The 2-year Treasury note yield, which more closely tracks short-term Federal Reserve interest rate policy, was […]
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Core inflation rate hit 3.2% in March as first-quarter growth disappointed at 2%
Consumers faced escalating prices in March as the Iran war sent oil soaring and created a new level of challenges for the Federal Reserve, according to a batch of reports Thursday that showed economic growth slower than expected and a generational low in layoffs. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and […]
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Big Tech earnings, Powell’s decision, Pershing Square IPO and more in Morning Squawk
1. The tech TLDR The Meta corporate logo is featured at the Fira Gran Via booth, highlighting the company’s ”AI-First” hardware ecosystem during the Mobile World Congress. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Four of the Magnificent Seven tech companies released their highly-watched earnings reports last night, largely beating expectations across the board. Still, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Meta, Eli Lilly, Caterpillar, Amazon & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Meta Platforms — The Facebook parent dropped 9% after the company hiked its full-year capital expenditures guidance to a range of $125 billion to $145 billion, raising concern over its AI spending. That forecast overshadowed a better-than-expected Q1 report. Eli Lilly — The Zepbound […]
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Here’s why surging oil prices may not derail the consumer trade
ETF Edge Here’s why surging oil prices may not derail the consumer trade Published Thu, Apr 30 20267:01 AM EDTUpdated 21 Min Ago Josh Romero@in/joshdromero/ Stephanie Landsman@stephlandsman WATCH LIVE Source
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U.S. weighs ‘reduction’ of troops in Germany as Trump’s feud with Berlin deepens
Soldiers of the U.S. Army V Corps salute during a color casing ceremony to mark the departure of V Corps headquarters from Europe on May 10, 2012 at the U.S. Army base in Wiesbaden, Germany. Ralph Orlowski | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. is considering reducing the number of troops it has […]
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Jerome Powell says he will continue to serve as a Fed governor, calls Trump criticism ‘unprecedented’
Key Points Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said he will stay on the Board of Governors for an indefinite period while a probe into the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters continues. The statement resolves for the moment a key question that hovered over the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. “The things that have […]
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Fed holds rates steady but with highest level of dissent since 1992
An unusually divided Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate steady as policymakers grappled with the policy impact of persistent inflation and awaited a looming leadership transition at the central bank. In what may have been Chair Jerome Powell’s final meeting at the helm, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold […]
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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 13, 2023. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in March. Text removed from the March statement is in […]
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Fed day, Starbucks earnings, UAE leaves OPEC and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. I couldn’t help but feel a pang of déjà vu reading about Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the White House’s crosshairs. S&P 500 futures are little changed this morning. All three major averages logged a negative session yesterday. Here are five […]
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