Homebuilder confidence ends the year on a high even as costs rise and labor is in short supply
Construction workers frame a new home being built by CastleRock Communities in the Sunfield neighborhood of Buda, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Matthew Busch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Surprisingly strong housing demand, even in the usually slower...
China’s retail sales grow by 3.9% in November — slower than expected
A customer buys zodiac decorations for the Year of the Tiger at a market in Zhangjiagang city, East China’s Jiangsu province, Dec. 10, 2021. Shi Bairong | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s retail sales missed expectations in...
The Federal Reserve is expected to take a very big step toward its first rate hike
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a dramatic policy shift Wednesday that will clear the way for a first interest rate hike next year. Markets are anticipating the Fed will speed up the wind-down of its bond buying program,...
The Fed will halt asset purchases by March and hike rates in June, CNBC survey predicts
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here comes the Fed. After 20...
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Beyond Meat, AMC, Tesla and more
Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made from plant-based substitutes for meat products sit on a shelf for sale in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. GameStop, AMC...
Wholesale prices measure rose 9.6% in November from a year ago, the fastest pace on record
Wholesale prices increased at their quickest pace on record in November in the latest sign that the inflation pressures bedeviling the economy are still present, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The producer price index for final demand increased 9.6% over...
Mainland China reports its first omicron Covid case
Medical worker collects swab from a citizen for the COVID-19 nucleic acid test at Zhenhai District on December 7, 2021 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province of China. Hu Xuejun | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Mainland China reported...
El-Erian says ‘transitory’ was the ‘worst inflation call in the history’ of the Fed
Mohamed El-Erian Olivia Michael | CNBC Calling inflation “transitory” was a historically bad move for the Federal Reserve, according to Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian. “The characterization of inflation as transitory is probably the worst inflation call in the...
China’s Xi is set to meet Russia’s Putin virtually on Wednesday
ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – JUNE 6, 2019: China’s Persident Xi Jinping (L) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shake hands at a ceremony at St Petersburg University in which Xi Jinping was awarded St Petersburg University honorary doctoral degree. Alexei Nikolsky...
Inflation is hitting the 3 big areas of household budgets
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Inflation grew at its fastest clip in almost four decades last month — and rising costs are hitting the biggest areas of household budgets. Inflation measures changes in the price consumers pay for goods...
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