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Morning Bid: Giving thanks for bad economic news

By Anna Szymanski, Editor in Charge, Reuters Open Interest What matters in U.S. and global markets today Weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data has upped bets for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut ... Read More

Walmart’s new report shows the economy is in worse shape than many thought

Walmart’s third-quarter sales jumped nearly 6% to about $179.5 billion, and profits surged to more than $6.1 billion, handily beating Wall Street expectations. Comparable U.S. sales were up 4.5%, and ... Read More

CBS News poll finds negativity on economy, job market and concerns about AI's impact

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ... Read More

CBS News poll finds rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ... Read More

Food-tariff rollbacks merely skim economic vibes

Import-duty reductions on some $40 bln of staples like bananas and beef smack of political unease. It's also a tacit concession that US shoppers, not exporters, are paying the price. Even if grocery ... Read More

Hiltzik: How bad is Trump's economy? Election results say it's very bad, and getting worse

It was Bill Clinton's campaign guru James Carville who codified the insight that the Democratic Party's electoral prospects were destined to rise as Americans' feelings of economic well-being slid: ... Read More

The Stock Market Was Already Sounding an Alarm When Investors Got More Bad News About President Trump's Trade War

President Trump has claimed foreign countries will pay for the privilege of doing business in the United States, but data shows American companies and consumers are paying the tariffs. Trump recently ... Read More

German economy expected to grow in Q4, economic indicator shows

BERLIN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The German economy will grow slightly in the final quarter of 2025, according to an indicator of the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) at the Hans Boeckler Foundation ... Read More