August 22, 2024
“US job growth in the year through March was likely far less robust than initially estimated, which risks fueling concerns that the Federal Reserve is falling further behind the curve to lower interest rates. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and… Continue Reading…
August 20, 2024
““On a clear day, you can see the top of Mount Washington,” says Joanne Ricciardiello, peering through a curtain of towering oak and pine trees that surrounds her newly built, roughly 4,300-square-foot home on Maine’s Sebago Lake. She walks down… Continue Reading…
August 20, 2024
“The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of prices for goods and services, increased 0.2% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.9%, its lowest since March 2021. Excluding food and energy, core CPI came in at a… Continue Reading…
August 20, 2024
“Price hikes slowed more than expected in July, and, for the first time in more than three years, the Consumer Price Index has landed below 3%. That paves the way for the Federal Reserve to cut rates next month after… Continue Reading…
August 20, 2024
“Citing higher costs and difficulty making ends meet, 3 in 5 Americans falsely believe that the U.S. is currently in a recession, according to a recent report. Economists have wrestled with the growing disconnect between how well the economy is doing and… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2024
“Calls for higher taxes on the super-rich are gaining traction and even conservative governments are joining in… “I don’t think I have seen such big a transformation in the narrative around the tax on wealth as I have in the… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2024
“Americans now owe a record $1.14 trillion on their credit cards, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday. The average balance per consumer stands at $6,329, up 4.8% year over year, according to a separate quarterly credit industry insights report from TransUnion…” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/08/credit-card-debt-and-delinquencies-are-on-the-rise-reports-finds.html I… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2024
“…First-time filings for jobless benefits came to a seasonally adjusted 233,000 for the week, a decline of 17,000 from the previous week’s upwardly revised level and lower than the Dow Jones estimate for 240,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The report comes… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2024
“Home prices are being cut at the fastest pace in two years. The share of home listings that saw a price cut rose to 18.9% in July, up 3.4% from last year. Demand is cooling as buyers wait for mortgage… Continue Reading…
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