The euro is hurtling toward parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time since its early years of existence. Investors are betting it could get a lot worse for the common currency. The descent adds ...
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The IRS audited ex-FBI director James Comey and former deputy Andrew McCabe. What are the odds?
In recent years, the Internal Revenue Service has been processing around 150 million to over 160 million tax returns annually, doing the work with a shrinking staff and an inflation-adjusted budget th...
How inflation affects 2023 tax brackets: You may get an unexpected ‘tax cut’
As you probably know, the federal income tax rate brackets, and many other federal tax parameters, are indexed for inflation using a factor based on the monthly average of changes in the chained Consu...
This strategist warned investors not to chase momentum at the top. Now he says it’s time to be a contrarian.
Michael Darda, chief economist and market strategist at MKM Partners, was no fan of the stock market when it was registering record highs. “Blinded by liquidity and false expectations of the proverbia...
S&P 500, Nasdaq book 3rd day of gains after Fed minutes point to another big rate increase this month to tackle inflation
U.S. stocks end higher Wednesday after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June policy meeting signaled another big interest rate-hike is likely later this month despite the risk of slowing economic grow...
A prominent economist on how much inflation could be eating into your savings
What is inflation doing to your savings? Getty Images/iStockphoto Inflation stubbornly remains at a 40-year high, with the latest numbers showing that the U.S. inflation rate hit 8.6% in May, compared...
China’s Auto Sales Are Booming. Can the Rebound Last?
Text size China’s auto market is showing a robust rebound. Here: a BYD Tang vehicle at the company’s showroom in Beijing. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg While the recent recovery in much of China’s ...
Fed Minutes Get Released Today. 4 Things to Watch.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in June 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Text size When the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its June 14-15 meeting today, investors will get a deeper look ...
Home Prices Will Drop Soon, Capital Economics Says. Here’s What to Expect.
Text size Rising interest rates are expected to douse a red-hot housing market. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Home prices in nations such as Canada, Australia, and the U.S. are on the verge of...
Here’s how far house prices are set to fall as rates go up, according to this forecasting firm
Stocks are veering south post holiday, following earlier optimism over reports President Joe Biden may lower tariffs on some Chinese goods to help ease the inflation sting. There isn’t much to explain...
I’m the director of forecasting for the National Association of Realtors. Here are 6 things you should know about the housing market now
As part of our series where we ask prominent economists and real estate pros their take on the housing market now, we talked to Nadia Evangelou, senior economist and director of forecasting at the Nat...
Stock Market Today: U.S. Futures Wobble, Global Stocks Rise on July 4 Holiday
Text size Wall Street is closed for the Fourth of July. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Global stocks were mostly higher and U.S. futures wavered on the Fourth of July. While it is set to be a quiet day...
Biden Administration Weighs Move to Trim Mortgage Costs as Home Prices Rise
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is weighing a move to trim mortgage costs for first-time and lower-income buyers, a bid to boost affordability when average home prices are at an all-time high. Pre...
June Jobs Data, FOMC Minutes, Levi’s Earnings, and More for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited The stock market will be closed on Monday for Independence Day. It will be a light week on the earnings calendar once investors return, but with plenty of notable economic release...
Will mortgage rates soon hit 7%? What economists and real estate pros say
Will mortgage rates rise? Getty Images/iStockphoto Mortgage rates have been on a steady climb upwards: While they started the year at around 3.5% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, they’ve since climb...
China’s Slowdown Could Tamp Down Global Inflation
China’s slowdown may have a silver lining for the rest of the world: weaker inflation. Growth in the world’s second-largest economy has tumbled this year as Covid-19 outbreaks triggered mass lockdowns...
The 60-40 portfolio is supposed to protect investors from volatility: so why is it having such a bad year?
The first half of 2022 has been a historically bad stretch for markets, and the carnage hasn’t been limited to stocks. As stocks and bonds have sold off in tandem, investors who for years have relied ...
Home Prices Could Level Out in 2023, Redfin Says. What Could Make Them Drop.
Text size The median home sale price was 14% higher for the four-week period ending June 26 from a year earlier, Redfin said. Joe Raedle/Getty Images As the housing market cools down from its red-hot ...
Russia Takes Control of International LNG Project
Russia took control of the international consortium behind the giant Sakhalin-2 oil-and-natural-gas project, handing it to a new Russian entity that will effectively give the Kremlin say over which fo...
The S&P 500 Had Its Worst First Half Since 1970. What the Second Half Holds.
The S&P 500 has posted its worst first half of a year since Richard Nixon’s presidency, and many investors worry it has yet to hit bottom. In the first six months of 2022, the widely followed larg...
Micron Issues Muted Sales Forecast On Demand Weakness
Memory-chip maker Micron Technology issued a subdued revenue outlook, spooking investors even as it reported a strong rise in earnings for its latest quarter. “Recently, the industry demand environmen...
The Latest Inflation Data Is (Mildly) Good News for the Fed
Fed chief Jerome Powell, shown testifying before a House panel last week, may not have to raise rates as aggressively at coming meetings as some inflation data are showing signs of peaking. Win McName...
Opinion: Stocks could drop 50%, Nouriel Roubini argues. Things will get much worse before they get better.
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)—The global financial and economic outlook for the year ahead has soured rapidly in recent months, with policy makers, investors, and households now asking how much they sh...
When Will the Recession Start? Sooner Than Investors Think.
About the author: Larry Hatheway is a co-founder of Jackson Hole Economics and the former chief economist of UBS . Economists and pundits who expect recession but not until 2023 may soon be surprised ...