Fed’s Kaplan is worried about inflation and risk-taking, and wants to announce taper in September
Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan would like to see the central bank announce next month that it will begin tightening its policy reins. Among his reasons is a general belief that the economy can withstand a little less help...
Watch Fed Chair Powell deliver his key Jackson Hole economic speech live
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers his much-anticipated speech Friday morning as part of the...
Key inflation gauge rises 3.6% from a year ago to tie biggest jump since the early 1990s
An inflation measure the Federal Reserve uses to set policy rose 3.6% in July from a year ago, meeting Wall Street expectations but also tying the highest level in about 30 years. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which...
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Big Lots, Hibbett Sports, Peloton, Gap and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Big Lots (BIG) – The discount retailer’s shares tumbled 9.5% in premarket trading after it missed top and bottom-line estimates for its latest quarter. Big Lots earned $1.09 per share, 3...
The pressure is on for Powell and the Federal Reserve to manage the exit from ultra-easy policies
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a U.S. House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee hearing on coronavirus crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 22, 2021. Graeme Jennings | Pool | Reuters For the Federal Reserve, implementing the easiest...
Stock futures are flat ahead of Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE Stock futures are flat in overnight trading Thursday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole symposium with investors looking for more details into the central bank’s plans...
Weekly jobless claims hold around pandemic-era low; GDP revised higher to 6.6%
Initial claims for unemployment insurance were little changed over the past week, hovering around coronavirus pandemic-era lows as the jobs market shows further signs of healing. First-time filings totaled 353,000 for the week ended Aug. 21, a slight increase from...
Fed’s Esther George says it’s time to start easing off on policy juice
Kansas City Fed President Esther George told CNBC that the economy has reached the point where the central bank can start to pull back on the monetary juice it has been providing. First up for the Fed will be reducing...
Chinese baijiu liquor stocks tumble amid regulatory concerns
Signage for China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co. baijiu liquor lines a road at the company’s facility in the Maotai section of the Renhuai District in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Nelson Ching | Bloomberg | Getty...
The economy could be getting help from positive news on the delta variant
People wearing protective face masks walk in downtown St. Petersburg, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Florida, August 6, 2021. Octavio Jones | Reuters If the U.S. recovery is going to progress, it will need the help of efforts to...
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