Shares of Rocket Companies are dropping after a 70% irrational pop in the heavily shorted name
A Reddit logo seen displayed on a smartphone with stock market prices in the background. Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of Rocket Companies dropped more than 20% Wednesday following a surprise rally in the previous session, as...
Private payrolls growth well short of expectations for February, ADP says
Private payroll growth disappointed in February despite otherwise encouraging signs of economic growth, according to a report Wednesday from ADP. Companies added just 117,000 positions for the month, well below the 225,000 forecast from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The...
Mortgage application demand stalls as interest rates surge to highest level since July
Mortgage interest rates last week rose at the fastest pace in over a year, throwing cold water on already cooling demand. Total mortgage application volume was essentially flat for the week, rising just 0.5% according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s...
Stock futures rise slightly in overnight trading after Tuesday’s losses
U.S. stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading Tuesday after stocks dipped in the regular session. Dow futures rose 65 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%. On Tuesday, the major averages gave back some...
10% GDP growth? The U.S. economy is on fire, and is about to get stoked even more
Restaurant workers wearing faceshields, facemasks and gloves prepare food at the reopening of iconic LA restaurant Pink’s Hot Dogs on March 1, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. economy has roared...
Economists see first signs in data that vaccine is working
Economists following the high-frequency data on virus infections are seeing initial signs that the vaccine is having positive effects on deaths and infection rates. While they caution that the signs are tentative, they point to two areas: the decline in...
Fed policy changes could be coming in response to bond market turmoil, economists say
Joggers pass the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Erin Scott | Bloomberg | Getty Images While the Federal Reserve may not raise its benchmark interest rate for years, there are growing...
Chinese Tesla rival Nio says global chip shortage will hit its electric car production
A Nio Inc. ES6 electric SUV at a battery swap station inside a parking lot in Shanghai on March 1, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car start-up Nio said Tuesday a global chip...
Stimulus checks, unemployment benefits lift 1.6 million Americans out of poverty
A woman walks past tents for the homeless lining a street in Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 1, 2021. FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP | Getty Images More than one million Americans were lifted out of poverty in January as...
China’s aging population is a bigger challenge than its ‘one-child’ policy, economists say
A medical worker takes care of a newborn baby lying inside an incubator at Jingzhou Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital on the eve of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, on Feb. 11, 2021 in Jingzhou, Hubei Province...