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Powell will stop inflation by ‘any means necessary’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said that investors should be with Jerome Powell and not against him, as the Federal Reserve chair has proven he’s willing to take inflation down no matter w...
American Airlines CEO vows to improve pilot pay as wages at other carriers rise
FILE – American Airlines President Robert Isom speaks at a news conference about the company’s new partnership with Alaska Airlines, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Seattle. American Airlines ...
Millionaire fear Fed can’t tame inflation and stave off recession
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters American millionaires are raising cash in response to lingering inflati...
These could be the next hot food and drink trends
Pasta is coming back in different shapes and flavors, drinking vinegar is cool, and comfort food favorites like pancakes are being made with new ingredients. That’s according to the hundreds of ...
BP buys 40.5% stake in massive renewables and green hydrogen project
A BP logo photographed in London on May 12, 2021. The International Energy Agency recently reported that 2021 saw energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rise to their highest level in history. Glyn K...
Travel costs are up but travelers aren’t canceling their plans yet
Summer travel talk sure isn’t what it used to be. Rather than sun, sand and surf, many travel discussions now center on inflation, rising fuel costs and flight cancellations, a situation which c...
Powell says Fed could hike rates by 0.75 percentage point in July
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday the central bank could raise interest rates by a similar ...
Here’s what the Fed’s highest rate hike in 28 years means for you
What the federal funds rate means to you The federal funds rate, which is set by the central bank, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. Although that’s n...
Fed members predict more hikes with the benchmark rate above 3% by year-end
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate Banking Committee hearing titled “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress”, in Washington, U.S., March...
Fed hikes its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, the biggest increase since 1994
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday launched its biggest broadside yet against inflation, raising benchmark interest rates three-quarters of a percentage point in a move that equates to the most aggressi...
How raising rates slows inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 4, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images The Federal Reserve lo...
Homebuilder sentiment drops to lowest level in 2 years as housing demand slows
A contractor frames a house under construction in Lehi, Utah, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Private residential construction in the U.S. rose 2.7% in November. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Ima...
Here’s how recessions became an inevitable part of American economy
The U.S. has experienced at least 30 recessions throughout history, dating back as early as 1857. Some economists argue that they may have become an inevitable part of the financial cycle that fluctua...
Unexpected 0.3% decline, hammered by inflation
Retail sales turned negative in May as consumers pulled back spending while inflation surged, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Advance retail and food service spending fell 0.3% for the mon...
Mortgage demand is now roughly half of what it was a year ago, as interest rates move even higher
Total mortgage application volume was 52.7% lower last week than the same week one year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Sharply rising interest ra...
Warren asks bank regulator to reject TD deal after customer-abuse report
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security in Afghanistan and in the regions of South and Central Asia, in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, Octob...
Fed likely to hike rates by three-quarters of a point this week
Markets are beginning to anticipate an even faster pace of interest rate hikes, and Federal Reserve officials apparently are contemplating the possibility as well. Central bank policymakers are entert...
Wholesale prices rose 10.8% in May, near a record annual pace
Wholesale prices rose at a brisk pace in May as inflation pressures mounted on the U.S. economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The producer price index, a measure of the prices paid...
Here’s everything the Fed is expected to announce, including the biggest rate hike in 28 years
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to do somethin...
Inflation expectations hit record levels in May, New York Fed says
People shop in a supermarket as inflation affected consumer prices in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 10, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Consumer expectations for inflation and spending in the year...
Baidu, MicroStrategy, Moderna and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Baidu (BIDU) – Baidu shares jumped 4.1% in premarket trading after Reuters reported the China-based internet search giant is in talks to sell ...
Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are based on ‘greater fool theory’
Bill Gates Gerard Miller | CNBC Bill Gates is not a fan of cryptocurrencies or non-fungible tokens. Speaking at a TechCrunch talk on climate change Tuesday, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder descri...
May retail, industrial production, fixed asset investment
BEIJING — China released economic data for May that topped muted expectations for a month hampered by Covid controls. Industrial production rose mildly by 0.7% in May from a year ago, versus an expect...
Stay away from Equinix for now
Bausch Health Companies Inc: “I can not believe that this has worked out as bad as it has. It’s one of the worst picks I’ve had. … [CEO Joe Papa’s] got to come back on th...
Luxury brands say China’s latest Covid wave whacked consumer demand
China’s retail sales plunged 11.1% in April from a year ago as Covid controls kept many people at home and malls closed. Pictured here is a luxury store in Shanghai on June 4, 2022, just a few d...
Inflation and Fed sparking one way trip to market misery: Jim Bianco
Until inflation peaks and the Federal Reserve stops hiking rates, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns Wall Street is on a one way trip to misery. “The Fed only has one tool to bring in inflation ...
Charts suggest this week could be a ‘key moment’ for S&P 500
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said that there could be a “key moment” for investors to do some buying in the S&P 500 this week, leaning on analysis from DeCarley Trading market st...
Stock futures rise slightly as investors brace for a big Fed rate hike
Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading Tuesday as investors anxiously awaited the Federal Reserve’s aggressive action to tame surging inflation. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Ave...
Jim Cramer calls for ‘monster rate hikes’ ahead of key Fed decision
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday called for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to implement aggressive interest rate hikes to tamp down inflation. “Jay Powell can’t solve the war in Ukr...