The Borrowing Crisis Looming Over the Trump Presidency
Despite the Federal Reserve's 2024 interest rate cuts, borrowing costs remain stubbornly high — reflecting a growing ...
January jobs report: Economy at full employment. Wage pressure picks up.
Economists had been expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment ...
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Dollar Rallies on Higher Bond Yields and US Tariff Threats
Friday rose by +0.31%. The dollar rose Friday with T-note yields after the hawkish US Jan payroll report reduced the chances to 10% from 16% for a Fed rate cut at next month’s FOMC meeting. Despite ...
Trump Has De-Risked TLT: Everything Is Not What It Seems
Yield curve control and stablecoin adoption could lower long-term rates, mitigating inflation risks and making TLT a more ...
U.S. Hiring Slowed in January
Employers added 143,000 jobs last month, signaling a more subdued labor market even as the unemployment rate edged down to 4 ...
US dollar rises on mixed jobs report, trade war threat
The dollar rose in choppy trading on Friday after data showed that U.S. job growth slowed in January but that the ...
Why the Job Market Is Giving the Fed Cover to Extend a Pause on Rate Cuts
The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after pausing cuts last month.
January Jobs Report Keeps Rates on Pause: What the Experts Are Saying
The unemployment rate, which is derived from a separate survey, declined to 4% from 4.1% the prior month. Economists expected ...
Tariffs: 4 Things Small Businesses Can Do Now To Survive
Tariffs help spur U.S. manufacturing by discouraging U.S. companies from importing goods made in countries with low ...
Money blog: Netflix quietly increases its subscription prices
In Money today: the best mortgage rates and where they're expected to go this year following the base rate cut; Netflix has ...
Sluggish Jan payrolls growth unlikely to sway Fed
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 143,000 jobs last month after rising by an upwardly revised 307,000 in December, the Labor ...
Inflation expectations pop to highest level in a year
Consumer expectations for inflation popped to their highest levels in more than a year, threatening to become unanchored on the heels of strong economic performance in recent months. Inflation ...