Personal Finance Social Security Checks Are Set to Rise. New Inflation Data Shed Light on… Social Security recipients could receive a 3.2% raise next year, according to an estimate based on…
Retail Retail Sales Data Arrive Today. The Report Is Another Test of Consumer… Retail sales are expected to have grown at a slower pace in April, reflecting growing concerns that consumers…
Crypto Bitcoin Price ‘Inability to Rise Is Alarming.’ Just Wait for the Jobs… Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were little changed Thursday, having traded sideways for a few days…
Economy The big engine that could: U.S. economy barrels ahead and puts recession… The U.S. was supposed to suffer a recession brought on by higher interest rates. It…
Real Estate Housing Costs Are Still High. And There’s More Trouble Ahead. Shelter inflation remains stubbornly high—a continuing problem for consumers and the Federal Reserve. A nascent…
Markets U.K. Labor Market Remains Tight as Unemployment Unexpectedly Falls Published: Feb. 13, 2024 at 2:29 a.m. ET By Ed Frankl U.K. wage growth eased a little less than…
Markets Bond market needs to consider risk of Fed rate hikes, Citi says Published: Feb. 12, 2024 at 5:20 p.m. ET Only a month ago, parts of Wall Street were considering…
Markets U.K. housebuilders in $3.2 billion merger amid signs of property market… Britain’s biggest homebuilder Barratt Developments agreed on Wednesday to purchase rival Redrow for £2.52…
Economy Markets see threat of Fed ‘policy mistake’ after Powell pushes… Something unusual happened in financial markets Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back…
Retail Opinion: Retail sector insiders are betting on no recession: 4 value stocks… Recession fears weigh heavily on investor sentiment and stocks, but retail sector insiders have been big buyers…