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Employment market shows signs of cooling amid rate hikes: Job openings have been edging lower since April as rising inflation tightened its grip on businesses ...
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Employment market shows signs of cooling amid rate hikes
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Employment market shows signs of cooling amid rate hikes: Job openings have been edging lower since April as rising inflation tightened its grip on businesses ...
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Employment market shows signs of cooling amid rate hikes
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7% for the First Time This Year: Rates on 30-year mortgages — the most common kind among U.S. homeowners — surpassed the 7 percent ...
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7% for the First Time This Year
Quick Glance: Mortgage Rates Surge Above 7% in 2024, Posing Major Dilemma for Homebuyers
  • US mortgage rates have surged above 7%, increasing costs for homebuyers.

  • The rise in mortgage rates impacts monthly costs, limiting purchasing power.

  • Uncertainty surrounding rate trends poses a decision dilemma for potential homebuyers.

  • Experts anticipate a moderate easing of mortgage rates later in the year.
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Fed policymakers agree: there's no urgency to cut rates: Federal Reserve policymakers have coalesced around the idea of keeping borrowing costs where they are ...
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Fed policymakers agree: there's no urgency to cut rates
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Where To Find Princely 5% Yields For Your Cash And Take No Risk: The Federal Reserve threw you a curveball with interest rates. Cash is still king as inflation ...
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Where To Find Princely 5% Yields For Your Cash And Take No Risk
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“If the data requires it”: Fed sends signals for interest rate hikes for the first time
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“If the data requires it”: Fed sends signals for interest rate hikes for ...
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Billionaire In-N-Out heiress Lynsi Snyder claims she went 'toe-to-toe' to keep prices down as Calif. fast food industry, prices slammed by minimum wage hike
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Billionaire In-N-Out heiress Lynsi Snyder claims she went 'toe-to-toe' to ...
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The U.S. may be entering a new era of persistently high interest rates: With the Fed’s pivot plans now in disarray, it’s 2015 in reverse.
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The U.S. may be entering a new era of persistently high interest rates
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Central Bankers Should Retire the 2% Inflation Target: With the energy shock now a memory, central bankers require more flexible objectives.
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Central Bankers Should Retire the 2% Inflation Target
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Wall Street pushes out rate-cut expectations, sees risk they don't start until March 2025
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Wall Street pushes out rate-cut expectations, sees risk they don't start ...
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Fed Chair Powell says there has been a 'lack of further progress' this year on inflation
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Fed Chair Powell says there has been a 'lack of further progress' this ...
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Gold price forecast: Citi sees 25% soar to $3,000 over next 18 months: Citi strategists wrote in a recent note that they see gold soaring past $3 ...
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Gold price forecast: Citi sees 25% soar to $3,000 over next 18 months
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Joe Biden Gets Bad News Right Before Speech: The Fed chair Jerome Powell suggested that borrowing costs may stay higher for longer.
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Joe Biden Gets Bad News Right Before Speech
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US growth may be global boon but sticky inflation raises risks: The robust U.S. growth appears to be one of the key components for an ongoing global expansion ...
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US growth may be global boon but sticky inflation raises risks
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New Zealand Recession Is the Price of an Inflation Stalwart: New Zealand has a special place in the history of monetary policy. Its never-surrender approach to ...
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New Zealand Recession Is the Price of an Inflation Stalwart
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Average US home price could spike 20% to $500,000 if Fed cuts too soon: Cutting interest rates could spark a homebuying frenzy that combines with rising housing ...
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Average US home price could spike 20% to $500,000 if Fed cuts too soon
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Economist: Fed's inflation problem is strong US demand, not oil prices: The attack on Iran on Friday isn't as important for US inflation as domestic demand ...
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Economist: Fed's inflation problem is strong US demand, not oil prices
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Inflation Outlook Worsens as Iran, Israel Face Off. What to Do.: Adding some protection on the margins to portfolios—especially if it goes on sale—is appealing.
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Inflation Outlook Worsens as Iran, Israel Face Off. What to Do.
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Wall Street traders keep underestimating America’s economic strength: It's the exact opposite of what happened in the 2010s
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Wall Street traders keep underestimating America’s economic strength
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High Inflation: The Reality Check on the Stock Exchanges: The mood on the stock markets has changed: many people had dismissed inflation too early ...
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High Inflation: The Reality Check on the Stock Exchanges
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Biden's new take on inflation: Trump would be worse: Biden's team knows there's not a lot it can do to lower it before the Nov. 5 election.
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Biden's new take on inflation: Trump would be worse
Quick Glance: Biden's New Perspective on Inflation: Trump Would Be Worse
  • The White House warns that inflation would worsen if Trump is re-elected as a strategy to sway voters.

  • March's inflation increase surpassed expectations, undermining Biden's claim of lowering prices.

  • Rising oil prices due to geopolitical tensions could lead to higher gas prices, a concern for the White House.

  • Biden emphasizes fighting inflation as top priority while experts debate the impact of his economic stimulus packages.
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Wall Street is watching the Fed 'way too much,' Bank of America's CEO says: Brian Moynihan said the Federal Reserves interest rate hikes have been a “huge ...
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Wall Street is watching the Fed 'way too much,' Bank of America's CEO says
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Global Central Banks Constrained by Steady U.S. Interest Rates: Jerome Powell, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, recently announced that U.S ...
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Global Central Banks Constrained by Steady U.S. Interest Rates
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is skeptical of the Fed's 2% inflation target: The BlackRock CEO says interest rates are still coming, but that the central bank’s ...
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is skeptical of the Fed's 2% inflation target
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U.S. consumers sue to stop Alaska Air, Hawaiian Airlines merger : The lawsuit alleges the merger will lead to higher prices, job layoffs and fewer flights
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U.S. consumers sue to stop Alaska Air, Hawaiian Airlines merger
Quick Glance: US consumers file lawsuit to halt Alaska Air and Hawaiian Airlines merger
  • A group of eight airline passengers from Hawaii, California, and other states filed a lawsuit against Alaska Air to halt the proposed $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines.

  • The passengers claim that the merger will result in higher prices, job layoffs, and fewer flights, violating antitrust laws.

  • The Justice Department is reviewing the merger, with the airlines cooperating and expecting to continue doing so.

  • In other similar cases, the Justice Department and American Airlines have already taken legal actions to block or reverse mergers in the aviation sector.
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Recent Data Support Rates Staying Higher for Longer: Fed Vice Chair
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Recent Data Support Rates Staying Higher for Longer: Fed Vice Chair
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Politics Briefing: Inflation rate ticked higher in March, markets bet on June rate cut
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Politics Briefing: Inflation rate ticked higher in March, markets bet on ...
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You can help families living with autism thrive. Buy a Florida specialty ...
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Fed Faces a Long, Slow Fight Against Inflation in Services
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Fed Faces a Long, Slow Fight Against Inflation in Services
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Tampa inflation going down, but still higher than national average: Costs rose about 3.7% in Tampa Bay over the last year, according to data from the Bureau of ...
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Tampa inflation going down, but still higher than national average
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Retail sales surge 0.7% in March as Americans seem unfazed by higher prices with jobs plentiful
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Retail sales surge 0.7% in March as Americans seem unfazed by higher ...
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It’s Suddenly Lonely Being a Dove on Fed Policy. So Be It.: Hot retail sales data and the risk of higher energy prices have bond traders on edge ...
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It’s Suddenly Lonely Being a Dove on Fed Policy. So Be It.
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When the Fed Will Cut Interest Rates? Here Are the Latest Predictions: A June rate cut looks much less likely than it did a few days ago.
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When the Fed Will Cut Interest Rates? Here Are the Latest Predictions
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Iran-Israel explosion blows Asia’s Fed hopes asunder: Anyone laughing at Lawrence Summers for predicting that the US Federal Reserve’s next move may be a ...
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Iran-Israel explosion blows Asia’s Fed hopes asunder
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When the Fed Will Cut Interest Rates? Here Are the Latest Predictions: A June rate cut looks much less likely than it did a few days ago.
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When the Fed Will Cut Interest Rates? Here Are the Latest Predictions