People are worried about their jobs. Here's why that matters for stocks and bonds.
Total U.S. employment sits around 160 million, but there are some 9 million federal employees and contractors potentially worrying about their jobs, according to Torsten Slok, chief economist at ...
All Eyes on the Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge; Renewed U.S. Tariff Threats Spook Investors
All Eyes on the Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge; Renewed U.S. Tariff Threats Spook Investors By Vicky Ge Huang The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge cooled in January, if economists' ...
The first quarter is on track for negative GDP growth, Atlanta Fed indicator says
The central bank’s GDPNow tracker of incoming metrics is indicating that gross domestic product is on pace to shrink by 1.5%.
Atlanta Fed predicts negative 1.5 percent GDP growth in first quarter
The Atlanta Federal Reserve is projecting a contraction of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) of 1.5 percent in the ...
US consumer spending posts first drop in almost two years
U.S. consumer spending fell for the first time in nearly two years in January and the goods trade deficit widened to a record ...
Canada GDP Growth Accelerates to 2.6% in Fourth Quarter
Canada’s economy perked up in the final months of last year as consumers continued to ramp up their spending, spurred on by the central bank’s rapid-fire interest-rate cuts.
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Sees Economy Shrinking After Friday Data
The US economy is setting up to take a major step back in the first quarter after a pair of reports showed weaker consumer spending and a dramatic widening of the trade deficit at the start of the ...