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Jan 22, 2020
The president has repeatedly taken the Fed and Chair Jerome Powell to task for aggressively raising rates.
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Jan 22, 2020
The president has repeatedly taken the Fed and Chair Jerome Powell to task for raising rates too quickly.
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Jan 21, 2020
President Trump's top economic advisor said GDP growth in the U.S. should hit at least 3% in 2020.
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Jan 21, 2020
President Trump touted at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the use of negative interest rates to bolster economic growth.
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Jan 21, 2020
Kudlow, President Donald Trump's top economic advisor, said Tuesday that GDP growth in the U.S. should hit at least 3% in 2020.
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Jan 21, 2020
Hours before his impeachment trial was set to begin in earnest back home, Trump touted his "America First" agenda to world leaders at Davos.
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Jan 21, 2020
President Donald Trump took an opportunity to address world leaders on Tuesday to trumpet his "America First" agenda.
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Jan 21, 2020
President Trump touted at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland the use of negative interest rates to bolster economic growth.
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Jan 17, 2020
With a skills gap plaguing manufacturing, companies are spending big to train their current workforce and ensure a pipeline of talent.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. manufacturing output rose unexpectedly in December as a drop in motor vehicle output was outpaced by increases in production of other durable goods, food and beverages, and other products.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. homebuilding surged in December as activity increased across the board, suggesting the housing market recovery was back on track.
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Jan 17, 2020
President Donald Trump will pick two economists, Judy Shelton and Christopher Waller, to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, the White House said on Thursday.
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Jan 16, 2020
Purchasing managers have been gloomy on manufacturing for the past five months, but the sector now looks like it could be about to spring back.
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Jan 16, 2020
One firm analyzed pickup truck sales in order to get a read on the state of small businesses in the United States.
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Jan 16, 2020
The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to continued strength in the labor market.
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Jan 16, 2020
U.S. retail sales were expected to climb 0.3% in December, up slightly from the 0.2% increase a month earlier.
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Jan 15, 2020
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said that the White House plans to unveil a plan for additional tax cuts later in 2020.
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Jan 15, 2020
The U.S. producer price index was expected to increase by 0.2% in December, compared with a flat reading a month earlier.
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Jan 15, 2020
The U.S. producer price index was expected to increase by 0.2% in December, compared with a flat reading a month earlier.
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Jan 15, 2020
The Federal Reserve could announce negative rates in the future, despite its current doubts about this unconventional measure, Goldman Sachs said.
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Jan 15, 2020
Purchase application volume hit the highest level since October 2009, rising 16% for the week and 8% from a year ago, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data.
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Jan 14, 2020
U.S. consumer prices rose slightly in December and monthly underlying inflation pressures retreated.
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Jan 14, 2020
U.S. consumer prices rose slightly in December and monthly underlying inflation pressures retreated.
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Jan 14, 2020
Arend Kapteyn, global head of economic research at UBS, said the first Fed rate cut could come in March.
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Jan 13, 2020
The budget shortfall hit $1.02 trillion for the year, a 17.1% increase from 2018, which itself had seen a 28.2% jump from the previous year.
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Jan 10, 2020
CNBC studied the net change in employment by industry for December based on data from the Labor Department.
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Jan 10, 2020
It's not that the jobs aren't there: There were still 477,000 open positions as of October.
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Jan 10, 2020
The U.S. jobs market ended 2019 on a sour note, with December's payroll and wage growth missing expectations, according to Labor Department.
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Jan 09, 2020
New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, but the labor market appears to be cooling.
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Jan 09, 2020
Chief financial officers at big U.S. companies enter 2020 on a cautious note.
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Jan 09, 2020
Richard Clarida said rate cuts last year helped quell worries over global weakness.
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Jan 08, 2020
Companies added 202,000 positions in another sign of a healthy labor market, according to a report Wednesday from ADP and Moody's Analytics. The total was well above the 150,000 estimate from economists surveyed by Dow Jones
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Jan 07, 2020
Manufacturing and trade reports Tuesday confirmed that GDP is on pace to rise more than 2% for the fourth quarter.
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Jan 07, 2020
J.P. Morgan Asset and Wealth Management also said an uptick in inflation is a risk to the market in 2020.
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Jan 07, 2020
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to the lowest level since October this week, according to Mortgage News Daily.
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Jan 07, 2020
The U.S. trade deficit fell more than expected in November ahead of negotiations with China that cooled the simmering tariff battle between the two sides.
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Dec 31, 2019
"There is little to suggest that growth, and in particular consumer spending, will gain momentum in early 2020," said Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at The Conference Board, in the release.
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Dec 31, 2019
U.S. home prices rose faster in October than the previous month as many would-be buyers competed for a limited supply of available properties.
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Dec 20, 2019
U.S. economic growth nudged up in the third quarter, the government confirmed on Friday, and there are signs the economy more or less maintained the moderate pace of expansion as the year ended, supported by a strong labor market.
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Dec 19, 2019
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell to 234,000 for the week ended Dec. 14, the Labor Department said.
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Dec 18, 2019
"I think we have an opportunity here, if we can settle the uncertainty in the environment, to allow us to grow," Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin.
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Dec 18, 2019
New York Fed President John Williams said the Fed should keep its repo operations in place just as long as needed.
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Dec 18, 2019
Surveys show the Trump impeachment proceedings, like most political issues, push Americans into their partisan corners. That may include any economic concerns.
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Dec 18, 2019
The Fed will have to see a substantial change in the economy before changing to its monetary policy, New York Fed's John Williams says.
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Dec 18, 2019
Forty-five percent of Americans disapprove of Congress impeaching Trump and 44% approve, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey.
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Dec 18, 2019
Volume was 65% higher than a year ago, when interest rates were considerably higher, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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Dec 17, 2019
Housing starts rose 3.2% to 1.365 million units last month, with single-family construction racing to a 10-month high.
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Dec 17, 2019
U.S. manufacturing output rebounded more than expected in November, as the end of an almost six-week strike at General Motors plants boosted auto production.
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Dec 16, 2019
The Allianz chief economic advisor says he doesn't think the phase one trade agreement is the first step to a long-term cooling in U.S.-China relations.
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Dec 16, 2019
Builder confidence in the newly built, single-family home market jumped 5 points in December to 76, the highest reading since June 1999.
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Dec 13, 2019
Surveys show that the Trump impeachment proceedings, like most current political issues, push Americans into their partisan corners. Economic impact is harder to gauge. The stock market is setting new records, and consumer spending continues to fuel the economy.
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Dec 13, 2019
U.S. retail sales increased less than expected in November as Americans cut back on discretionary spending, which could see economists dialing back economic growth forecasts for the fourth quarter.
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Dec 13, 2019
U.S. import prices were expected to rise by 0.2% in November, after dropping 0.5% a month earlier.
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Dec 12, 2019
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits surged to 252,000 for the week ended Dec. 7, the highest reading since September 2017.
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Dec 12, 2019
U.S. producer prices were unexpectedly unchanged in November as increases in food and gasoline prices were offset by declining costs for services.
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Dec 11, 2019
Jeffrey Gundlach is not worried about a possible recession in 2020, saying on Wednesday that he thinks it's "very unlikely" one will happen.
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Dec 11, 2019
"People are spending, and that's good news for the U.S. economy," Moynihan tells CNBC.
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Dec 11, 2019
The Fed is likely to indicate Wednesday afternoon it's not in a hurry to do anything to change its neutral stand on interest rates.
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Dec 11, 2019
U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in November, which could further support the Federal Reserve's intention not to cut interest rates again in the near term after reducing borrowing costs three times this year.
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Dec 10, 2019
U.S. productivity for the third quarter was expected to slip by 0.1%, after dropping 0.3% in the previous quarter.
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Dec 10, 2019
Less than half of respondents to the CNBC Fed Survey forecast a rate cut next year and just 5% expect a hike.
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Dec 06, 2019
Those totals easily beat the Wall Street consensus. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for job growth of 187,000.
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Dec 06, 2019
"It's his way of abusing power across the board. It's a big mistake," Biden said of Trump's attacks on the Fed.
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Dec 05, 2019
The U.S. trade deficit fell in October to its lowest level in more than a year as exports and imports both slid for the month.
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Dec 05, 2019
The use of robots in the workplace has more than doubled since the Great Recession. Here are the workers most impacted by the change.
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Dec 05, 2019
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, hitting their lowest level in seven months, suggesting the labor market remains solid even as the economy is slowing.
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Dec 04, 2019
The feeble ADP payroll report raises worries that the government's data on Friday may not be as strong as expected.
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Dec 04, 2019
U.S. services sector activity slowed more than expected in November amid lingering concerns about trade tensions and worker shortages.
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Dec 04, 2019
The big miss could call into question the relatively rosy estimates for Friday's nonfarm payrolls report.
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Dec 04, 2019
The combination of a holiday week and a stagnant mortgage rate environment kept borrowers away from their lenders last week.
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Dec 04, 2019
Prices will fall in a quarter of the 100 largest metropolitan markets, including Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Miami and San Francisco.
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Dec 02, 2019
Small business confidence rebounded in the fourth quarter from an all-time low as business owners across the country express more optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal, according to the Q4 2019 CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey.
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Nov 27, 2019
American manufacturing has been hurt by a trade war with China and a slowing global economy. Overall October orders were better than economists had expected.
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Nov 27, 2019
The underlying trend suggested some softening in labor market conditions.
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Nov 27, 2019
U.S. third-quarter gross domestic product was expected to remain unrevised from its preliminary reading at 1.9%, down slightly from the 2% pace in the second quarter.
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Nov 26, 2019
Brainard suggested using Treasury purchases to limit how high short- and medium-term government bond yields can rise.
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Nov 26, 2019
The overall housing market remains supported by lower mortgage rates.
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Nov 26, 2019
Consumer confidence dipped for a fourth straight month in November as economic conditions weaken towards the end of 2019.
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Nov 26, 2019
On a national level, prices rose 3.2% annually in September, up from a 3.1% gain in August, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.
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Nov 22, 2019
The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment climbed to 96.8 from 95.5 last month.
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Nov 22, 2019
Consumer sentiment unexpectedly rose in November, according to data released Friday by the University of Michigan.
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Nov 21, 2019
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits was unexpectedly unchanged at a five-month high last week.
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Nov 19, 2019
U.S. homebuilding rebounded in October and permits for future home construction jumped to a more than 12-year high.
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Nov 07, 2019
First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 215,000 in the most recent week, down slightly from the 218,000 reported for the previous week.
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Nov 06, 2019
American workers were unexpectedly less productive during the third quarter, with growth in their output failing to keep up with hours worked.
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Nov 05, 2019
Measures of sales, new orders and employment all rebounded from the previous month.
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Nov 05, 2019
The U.S. international trade deficit was forecast to narrow to $52.20 billion in September from $55 billion in August, according to economists polled by Dow Jones.
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Nov 04, 2019
The fate of the Dec. 15 China tariffs is being considered as part of negotiations and a potential signing trip this month.
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Oct 30, 2019
The growth in GDP was slightly slower than in the second quarter as business investment declined.
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Oct 30, 2019
U.S. GDP grew faster than expected in the third quarter, but slowed slightly from the second quarter as business investment declined.
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Oct 30, 2019
Private payrolls grew at a faster-than-expected pace in October, but the solid growth was offset by a sharp downward revision for the previous month.
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Oct 30, 2019
Mortgage rates moved to their highest level in nearly three months last week, giving homeowners little incentive to refinance their home loans
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Oct 29, 2019
Third quarter growth is expected to come in at a weakish 1.6%, with the biggest hits from slowing business investment.
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Oct 29, 2019
The Fed is widely expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday, but what it says about future moves could have a big impact on markets.
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Oct 29, 2019
Pending home sales, which measure signed contracts to buy existing homes, rose for the second straight months. Realtors credit low mortgage rates, despite sky high prices.
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Oct 29, 2019
U.S. consumer confidence dipped slightly in October as worries over business conditions and employment prospects ticked up.
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Oct 29, 2019
Home prices rose 3.2% in August, up from the 3.1% gain in July, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index.
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Oct 29, 2019
The latest CNBC Fed Survey finds concerns over recession, monetary policy and worries about future economic policy.
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Oct 24, 2019
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods tumbled in September by the largest amount in four months.
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Oct 17, 2019
U.S. factory output slumped 0.5% in September, as a strike at General Motors caused a steep decline in auto production amid broader struggles for manufacturers.
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