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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
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
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
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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Oct 17, 2019
The weekly jobless claims data suggested the labor market continues to tighten despite slowing hiring and economic growth.
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Oct 17, 2019
U.S. homebuilding tumbled from a more than a 12-year high in September, but single-family home construction rose for a fourth straight month.
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Oct 17, 2019
Chief Executive Officer James Gorman has helped to diversify Morgan Stanley away from trading and advisory businesses with his emphasis on wealth management.
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Oct 16, 2019
The Chicago Fed president says that policy is probably appropriate given an economy that is softening but still in good shape.
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Oct 16, 2019
Retail sales dropped 0.3% last month as households cut back spending on motor vehicles, building materials, hobbies, and online purchases.
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Oct 16, 2019
Mortgage interest rates rose last week, but that didn't throw any cold water on the mini-refinance boom that's been going on for the last month.
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Oct 16, 2019
"Even if we don't have a recession ... I think it's pretty clear that we're going to have a much weaker economy," says Mark Zandi.
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Oct 15, 2019
The U.S.-China trade war will cut 2019 global growth to its slowest pace since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.
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Oct 15, 2019
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said global trade and other risks remain high for a U.S. economy that may slow more sharply than expected.
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Oct 14, 2019
"I fear that's what we're headed into" here in America, warns the former Treasury secretary.
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Oct 14, 2019
U.S. adults aged between 21 and 38 years old will prioritize "necessity spending" over the next decade, Bill Smead told CNBC on Monday.
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Oct 11, 2019
Not all economists agree that GDP is the best way to measure the economy.
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Oct 10, 2019
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week.
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Oct 10, 2019
U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in September and underlying inflation retreated.
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Oct 09, 2019
The Fed's meeting minutes also showed that the trade war dragging down the economy was an overriding concern.
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Oct 09, 2019
Former Trump campaign advisor Stephen Moore says President Donald Trump knew he couldn't achieve the 5% growth he promised while campaining.
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Oct 09, 2019
An unexpected drop in mortgage interest rates had homeowners calling their lenders last week, looking to save money on their monthly payments.
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Oct 08, 2019
On monetary policy more broadly, Powell stuck to his recent script, saying the Fed stands committed to supporting the recovery.
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Oct 08, 2019
Campbell Harvey has led work in research on inverted curves, which have presaged seven straight recessions.
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Oct 08, 2019
U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in September, weighed down by decreases in the costs of goods and services.
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Oct 07, 2019
The main threat to the economy is the Trump administration's ongoing trade war, according to a survey of business economists.
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Oct 07, 2019
The U.S. economy is actually looking "quite robust" thanks to a healthy labor market and higher consumer spending, Steve Schwarzman told CNBC Monday.
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Oct 06, 2019
Following the financial crisis, millennials are saving more than the Baby Boomers did before them, and this slowdown in spending is hurting the economy.
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Oct 04, 2019
CNBC studied the net change in employment by industry for September based on data from the Labor Department.
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Oct 04, 2019
The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected thanks in part to a record level of imports of consumer goods. More tariffs loom.
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Oct 04, 2019
The jobless rate dropped 0.2 percentage points to 3.5%, matching a level it last saw in December 1969.
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Oct 04, 2019
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida gave little away about the U.S. central bank's next steps on monetary policy.
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Oct 04, 2019
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by 145,000 in September.
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Oct 04, 2019
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect nonfarm payrolls increased by 145,000 in September.
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Oct 04, 2019
Global recession fears are rising. CNBC takes a look at some of the potential triggers for a contraction.
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Oct 03, 2019
Hiring is slowing but the September employment report should be just solid enough—and not reflect anything near the onset of a recession.
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Oct 03, 2019
The report comes amid worries that the U.S. economy faces a potential recession ahead.
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Oct 03, 2019
The report comes amid worries that the U.S. economy faces a recession as global growth slows and tariffs put a dent in business plans to expand.
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Oct 03, 2019
First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 215,000 for the most recent week, up slightly from the 213,000 claims reported for the previous week.
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Oct 03, 2019
Credit Suisse said a contraction in industrial production accompanied by healthy economic data elsewhere lands the economy in a middle ground or a "semi recession."
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Oct 03, 2019
Barclays' Michael Gapen shares Wall Street's recession concerns ahead of Friday's monthly jobs report.
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Oct 02, 2019
Companies hired 135,000 more workers in the month, ahead of the 125,000 that economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected.
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Oct 01, 2019
A monthly gauge of U.S. manufacturing showed its worst reading in more than 10 years in September as exports dived.
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Sep 30, 2019
While there's no crystal ball to accurately predict when a recession will hit, there are some leading indicators investors and economists look out for when trying to forecast economic activity in the coming months.
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Sep 30, 2019
Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said he was "open-minded" about further interest rate cuts in the U.S.
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Sep 27, 2019
"My own view is that we should hold firm, letting things settle and watching how events play out," he said in prepared remarks Friday.
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Sep 27, 2019
A near-record number of consumers in September cited trade policies as a negative factor weighing on the economy.
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Sep 27, 2019
U.S. personal income was expected to rise by 0.4% in August, after edging up 0.1% a month earlier.
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Sep 27, 2019
U.S. personal income was expected to rise by 0.4% in August, after edging up 0.1% a month earlier.
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Sep 27, 2019
Overall orders for durable goods, items ranging from toasters to aircraft that are meant to last three years or more, rose 0.2% in August after surging 2.0% in the prior month.
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Sep 27, 2019
Overall orders for durable goods, items ranging from toasters to aircraft that are meant to last three years or more, rose 0.2% in August after surging 2.0% in the prior month.
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Sep 26, 2019
First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 212,000 for the most recent week, up slightly from the 208,000 claims reported for the previous week.
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Sep 26, 2019
U.S. business investment contracted more sharply that previously estimated in the second quarter and corporate profit growth was tepid.
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Sep 26, 2019
GDP among U.S. Latinos increased to $2.3 trillion in 2017, up from $1.7 trillion in 2010, the study finds.
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Sep 24, 2019
The latest proof of a U.S. economic slowdown is in, and this time it came from a computer analysis.
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Sep 24, 2019
This was the biggest drop in nine months, and September's reading marks the largest shortfall relative to the economists' expectations since 2010.
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Sep 24, 2019
More than half of the super-rich around the world are already preparing for a recession.
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Sep 24, 2019
More than half of the world's super-rich expect a recession by 2020, according to a UBS survey, and are taking action to mitigate the risks.
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Sep 24, 2019
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index rose 3.2% annually in July, the same gain reported in June. Prices are still cooling in the largest cities, however.
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Sep 23, 2019
Markets have been betting Trump's Twitter attacks on the Fed will move rates. Among other things, Trump has called Chairman Jerome Powell "clueless" and Fed officials as a whole "boneheads."
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Sep 23, 2019
For incoming European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, the U.S.-China trade war is the biggest threat to the global economy.
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Sep 23, 2019
New York Fed President John Williams said the central bank acted quickly during last week's jolt to overnight lending markets.
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Sep 23, 2019
The U.S. manufacturing sector recovered in September with activity growth hitting a five-month high, according to IHS Markit.
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Sep 20, 2019
Rosengren was one of two central bank officials to vote against Wednesday's quarter-point rate reduction.
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Sep 20, 2019
"We're gonna take this meeting by meeting. We're not on a preset course," Clarida told CNBC.
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Sep 20, 2019
James Bullard said he dissented on this week's Fed decision to lower rates by a quarter point because he didn't think the cut was big enough.
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Sep 20, 2019
Fed regional presidents James Bullard and Eric Rosengren released statements explaining why they voted against this week's rate cut.
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Sep 20, 2019
James Bullard said he dissented on this week's Fed decision to lower rates by a quarter point because he didn't think the cut was big enough.
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Sep 20, 2019
Fed regional presidents James Bullard and Eric Rosengren released statements explaining why they voted against this week's rate cut.
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Sep 19, 2019
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman on Thursday said he believes that the Federal Reserve is "screwing the savers."
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Sep 19, 2019
A decline in mortgage rates throughout much of the summer has helped buyers.
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Sep 19, 2019
The U.S. economy will have a tough time at the start of 2020, says the head of one of the largest bond managers in the world.
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Sep 19, 2019
The U.S. economy will have a tough time at the start of 2020, says the head of one of the largest bond managers in the world.
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Sep 19, 2019
The data pointed to strong labor market conditions that should continue to support a moderately growing economy.
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Sep 18, 2019
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Fed's decision to cut rates by 25 basis points.
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Sep 18, 2019
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addressed the media following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday.
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Sep 18, 2019
Jerome Powell pledged that the central bank would engage in a "sequence" of interest rate cuts if conditions warrant, but he doesn't see that as necessary now.
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Sep 18, 2019
The decision to cut rates followed a monthslong pressure campaign by Trump, who often criticized Chairman Jerome Powell by name as he called for lower interest rates.
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Sep 18, 2019
The Fed has become increasingly divided, with three officials voting against the Fed's quarter-point cut to the fed funds target rate range.
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Sep 18, 2019
Ahead of the Fed's 2 p.m. announcement, many economists were forecasting one further cut in 2019, but some investors were hoping for two more this year.
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Sep 18, 2019
Ahead of the Fed's 2 p.m. announcement, many economists were forecasting one further cut in 2019, but some investors were hoping for two more this year.
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Sep 18, 2019
The interest on excess reserves now stands at 1.8%, a 30 basis point cut compared with the 25 basis point reduction for the benchmark funds rate.
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Sep 18, 2019
The interest on excess reserves now stands at 1.8%, a 30 basis point cut compared to the 25 basis point reduction for the benchmark funds rate.
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Sep 18, 2019
This is a comparison of Wednesday's FOMC statement with the one issued on July 31 after the Fed's previous policymaking meeting.
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Sep 18, 2019
Investors largely expected the FOMC to cut rates by a quarter point.
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Sep 18, 2019
As the Fed was meeting to consider cutting interest rates, it lost control of the very benchmark rate that it manages.
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Sep 18, 2019
As the Fed was meeting to consider cutting interest rates, it lost control of the very benchmark rate that it manages.
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