Consumer confidence sinks to lowest level since July 2022

"Elevated price levels, especially for food and gas, dominated consumer's concerns, with politics and global conflicts as distant runners-up," says a chief economist at the board ... Read More

Why Is Consumer Confidence Ticking Up Again—And What Does It Mean For The Markets?

Despite this good news, the S&P 500 and Dow both dipped into bear country Tuesday, joining the long-suffering Nasdaq Composite. The Consumer Confidence ... rose 0.1% between July and August ... Read More

Investors aren’t falling for Powell’s ‘confidence’ trick

The Fed chairman has made it clear the bar for a rate hike is very high. But while he hasn’t lost faith in disinflation, rate cuts are moving further away, too. Read More

Asian markets track Wall St down ahead of Fed decision

Asian stocks sank in holiday-thinned trade Wednesday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street after fresh US data dealt another blow to hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. Read More

Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, signals worries in inflation fight

Central bankers were widely expected to leave borrowing costs at a level between 5.25 and 5.5 percent, the highest in 23 years. Read More

Final fourth quarter GDP revised upwards as consumer spending rises

consumer confidence hit a record high in March. The University of Michigan's benchmark Consumer Sentiment Index rose 3.3% in March to a final reading of 79.4, the highest since July 2021 ... Read More

Best 5-Year CD Rates for April 2024

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Ireland emerges from technical recession; UK house buyers hit by rise in mortgage payments – business live

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FTSE 100 Live 1 May: US Fed notes ‘lack of further progress’ on inflation as it holds interest rates

UK listed equities are all too frequently overlooked, even, or perhaps particularly, by UK pension funds — for a whole variety of reasons that go back to Brexit and ... interest rates announcement. Read More

On federal budget, Macklem says 'fiscal track has not changed significantly'

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says Canada's fiscal position has 'not changed significantly' following the release of the federal government's budget. Read More