Inflation
Annual inflation rate slows to 2.9% in July, lowest since 2021
Signs reading, ‘please bear with us: we are currently experiencing interruptions in our supply chain which may affect the availability of certain products,’ is seen taped to the drive-up menu at a Wendy’s restaurant on May 06, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Inflation rose as expected in […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street surges; Starbucks ousts CEO
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 12, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]
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UK inflation rose to 2.2% in July, back above Bank of England’s 2% target
Shoppers walk along the high street in Rochester, UK, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. inflation rose to 2.2% in July, coming in slightly below expectations, data from the Office of National Statistics showed Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had been expecting headline CPI to come in at […]
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Wednesday’s big CPI inflation report could mark a change in thinking for the Fed
Product prices as seen at Walmart. Courtesy: Walmart The news Tuesday was good for inflation, and investors hope it will get even better Wednesday when the Labor Department releases the July consumer price index report. With the score being one down, one to go on confirming that the early-year jump in prices either was a […]
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Wholesale inflation measure rose 0.1% in July, less than expected
A key measure of wholesale inflation rose less than expected in July, opening the door further for the Federal Reserve to start lowering interest rates. The producer price index, which measures selling prices that producers get for goods and services, increased 0.1% on the month, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. Excluding […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Oil soars on Middle-East tensions
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on March 27, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Oil soars on Middle-East tensions
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 31, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]
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China’s bond market is rattled as central bank squares off with bond bulls
A “Buy Treasury bonds” poster is seen at a bank in Haian, East China’s Jiangsu province, Aug 1, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s bond market, the world’s second largest, is on edge following a turbulent week in which the central bank started intervening heavily to stem a plunge in yields even as the economy is struggling. […]
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Harris knocks Trump’s Fed comments: ‘I would never interfere’ in central bank decisions
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks with members of the media before boarding Air Force Two at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, U.S., August 7, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday fiercely disagreed with former President Donald Trump’s suggestion this week that U.S. […]
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China’s consumer prices pick up more than expected in July, up by 0.5%
China’s retail sales grew by 2% in June from a year ago. Data for July is due out Thurs. Aug. 15. Pictured here is a shopping mall in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2024. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer prices rose by a more-than-expected 0.5% in July from a year […]
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