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Sep 17, 2019
A Federal Reserve rate cut at the end of this week's two-day FOMC meeting is considered a "lock" by the market, but chief financial officers of major corporations still harbor doubts about whether lowering interest rates is necessary.
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Sep 17, 2019
A sharp drop in mortgage rates in August was clearly behind the confidence in September, but rates have since reversed.
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Sep 17, 2019
U.S. manufacturing output increased more than expected in August, boosted by a surge in machinery and primary metals production.
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Sep 17, 2019
The risk of a global recession is at its highest since August 2009, according to a survey of fund managers, as slowing growth, trade and political uncertainty takes its toll on investor sentiment.
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Sep 17, 2019
The state of the economy plays a role in how millennials think about healthcare.
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Sep 16, 2019
Traders in the fed funds futures market on Monday were pricing in a 34% chance that the Fed will stay put on rates.
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Sep 16, 2019
Traders in the fed funds futures market on Monday were pricing in a 34% chance that the Fed will stay put on rates.
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Sep 13, 2019
Sentiment in the U.S. rose more than expected this month as consumers felt more confident about current and future economic conditions.
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Sep 13, 2019
U.S. import prices fell in August amid declines in the cost of petroleum products and food.
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Sep 13, 2019
U.S. retail sales were expected to climb 0.2% in August, after rising 0.7% a month earlier.
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Sep 12, 2019
The 10 Democratic candidates in the Houston debate portrayed Trump as impulsive with little plan to win a trade war with China.
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Sep 12, 2019
Consumer prices slowed in August, rising by a slight 0.1%, reflecting a big drop in the cost of gasoline and other energy products.
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Sep 12, 2019
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell to a five-month low last week.
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Sep 12, 2019
Mnuchin said Thursday that President Trump could strike a pact with China at any time, but is focused on holding out for a "good" deal.
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Sep 12, 2019
China wants to draw a line between talks about trade and other foreign affairs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Sep 11, 2019
Approval of Trump's handling of the economy has started to slip as fears about a recession crept into financial markets and pockets of the general public.
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Sep 11, 2019
U.S. producer prices unexpectedly rose in August and underlying producer prices rebounded.
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Sep 11, 2019
Homebuyers are taking advantage of lower mortgage rates and a slow summer for sellers, and that is driving mortgage applications higher. Total mortgage application volume rose 2.0 % last week compared with the previous week.
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Sep 11, 2019
President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued his verbal assault on the Federal Reserve, who he blames for slowing the economy.
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Sep 10, 2019
U.S. job openings fell for a second straight month in July amid decreases in wholesale trade and the federal government, which could bolster economists' views that job growth has peaked.
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Sep 10, 2019
Amazon Career Day is coming Tuesday, Sept. 17.
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Sep 10, 2019
President Donald Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro
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Sep 09, 2019
Putting all that together paints a daunting picture but one that requires nuance to understand.
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Sep 09, 2019
Putting all that together paints a daunting picture but one that requires nuance to understand.
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Sep 06, 2019
It was a softer August job market than anticipated. CNBC's Jim Cramer and other experts lay out what it means for the Fed, the economy and markets.
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Sep 06, 2019
"I think it is the case that uncertainty around trade policy is causing some companies to hold back now on investment," Jerome Powell says.
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Sep 06, 2019
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday the central bank's pivot this year to lower interest rates has helped sustain U.S. economic growth.
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Sep 06, 2019
"The Fed chair should be bullied by the bond market. And the bond market is saying, 'Whoa, are you wrong,'" says CNBC's Jim Cramer.
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Sep 06, 2019
White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said recent conversations with China "went very well."
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Sep 06, 2019
CNBC studied the net changes by industry for August jobs based on the data from the Labor Department.
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Sep 06, 2019
Without the temporary hiring of Census workers, the August jobs report would have been worse.
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Sep 06, 2019
The federal government hired 25,000 temporary workers in August in preparation for the 2020 Census, giving the overall jobs gain a big bump.
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Sep 06, 2019
As America's population ages and demand outpaces supply, a physician shortage will intensify.
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Sep 06, 2019
The increase fell short of Wall Street estimates for 150,000, while the unemployment rate stayed at 3.7%, as expected.
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Sep 06, 2019
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 150,000 in August, while the unemployment rate was seen holding steady at 3.7%, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.
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Sep 05, 2019
U.S. worker productivity slowed in the second quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday.
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Sep 05, 2019
First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 215,000 in the most recent week, in line with the prior week's number of claims.
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Sep 05, 2019
Company payrolls surged well above Wall Street estimates and at a time when fears have been growing about a looming recession.
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Sep 05, 2019
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates by a quarter point at its next two day meeting in September.
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Sep 04, 2019
New York Fed President John Williams says sluggish inflation is one of the central bank's most pressing issues
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Sep 04, 2019
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed less than expected in July as the trade war between the United States and China drags on.
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Sep 04, 2019
Interest rates resumed their retreat last week, but that did not boost mortgage demand. Mortgage application volume decreased 3.1% for the week.
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Sep 04, 2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve should cut interest rates to get ahead of both market expectations for a rate cut and a global trade war, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said.
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Sep 03, 2019
Resistance to price hikes creates a "stressful situation" for businesses that cannot afford to absorb the cost of tariffs on Chinese imports, Casabella's Bruce Kaminstein says.
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Sep 03, 2019
The president was outraged after he learned that China had formalized plans to slap duties on $75 billion in U.S. products.
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Sep 03, 2019
A gauge of U.S. manufacturing from the Institute for Supply Management showed the sector contracted in August, its first decline since 2016.
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Sep 03, 2019
"Think what happens to China when I win. Deal would get MUCH TOUGHER," President Donald Trump tweeted.
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Sep 01, 2019
The proportion of Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods that took effect on Sunday only account for one third of more than 5,000 product lines listed.
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Aug 22, 2019
Kansas City Fed President Esther George said the Federal Reserve may be partly responsible for the yield curve inversion.
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Aug 22, 2019
"If I could borrow without paying any interest, or ever pay the money back, I would borrow as much as I could, too," the 'Trumponomics' co-auther says.
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Aug 22, 2019
"If I could borrow without paying any interest, or ever pay the money back, I would borrow as much as I could, too," the "Trumponomics" co-author says.
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Aug 22, 2019
"If I could borrow without paying any interest, or ever pay the money back, I would borrow as much as I could, too," the 'Trumponomics' co-author says.
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Aug 22, 2019
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week.
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Aug 22, 2019
"My sense was we've added accommodation and it wasn't required in my view," George tells CNBC's Steve Liesman.
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Aug 22, 2019
"My sense was we've added accommodation, and it wasn't required in my view," George tells CNBC's Steve Liesman.
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Aug 22, 2019
Experts believe a wider spat with Europe would be much more damaging than the current tit-for-tat with China.
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Aug 21, 2019
Greenland's growing strategic value is linked tightly to new North Atlantic shipping lanes opening up due to melting polar ice caps.
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Aug 21, 2019
After the Fed released minutes of its last meeting, the bond market signaled it fears the Fed will not be aggressive enough with its rate cutting.
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Aug 21, 2019
The Fed minutes also note that "a couple" members wanted a 50 basis point cut, based primarily on the weak inflation readings.
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Aug 21, 2019
"Federal debt, which is already high by historical standards, is on an unsustainable course," CBO director Phillip Swagel said in the report.
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Aug 21, 2019
U.S. companies "are on fire," says O'Leary, also chairman of O'Shares ETFs.
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Aug 21, 2019
Morgan Stanley warns that "the wheels for a slowdown are in motion," adding that a slowdown in the manufacturing sector is spreading.
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Aug 21, 2019
He proclaimed the economy healthy in a pair of tweets Wednesday, saying the only thing holding growth back was the Federal Reserve.
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Aug 21, 2019
President Trump insists the economy is healthy and says the only thing holding U.S. growth back is the Federal Reserve.
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Aug 21, 2019
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is not worried about an economic slowdown as the U.S. consumer is still in a strong place.
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Aug 21, 2019
Target CEO Brian Cornell says he's encouraged by Trump's decision to postpone some consumer-oriented tariffs that were supposed to start Sept. 1.
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Aug 21, 2019
"As long as the trade situation remains fluid, it will present an additional layer of uncertainty and complexity as we plan our business," Target CEO Brian Cornell said.
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Aug 21, 2019
President Donald Trump said he had to confront China over trade even if it caused short-term harm to the U.S. economy because Beijing had been cheating Washington for decades.
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Aug 20, 2019
Former Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said the notion that monetary policy is too restrictive is basically correct.
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Aug 20, 2019
Nobel prize winner Robert Shiller takes issue with the Federal Reserve's rate cut in July because of the psychological harm it caused the markets.
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Aug 19, 2019
The report comes as Trump in recent days has lashed out over media reports about growing recession fears.
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Aug 18, 2019
The German trade surplus is stifling the economic growth in the rest of Europe, Michael Ivanovitch writes.
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Aug 18, 2019
Trump said he doesn't see a recession after the bond market spooked investors and the Dow suffered its worst day of the year last week.
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Aug 18, 2019
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell below the 2-year rate Wednesday, which typically taken as a sign a recession is on the horizon.
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Aug 18, 2019
Americans now say they approve of free trade by 64%-27%, a margin of better than two to one.
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Aug 16, 2019
The report comes amid a wild week for the stock market, but after a handful of bullish reports in the consumer sector.
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Aug 16, 2019
U.S. homebuilding fell for a third straight month in July amid a steep decline in the construction of multi-family housing units.
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Aug 16, 2019
President Trump has been pressing the Fed to help head off a feared economic slowdown, but it's not clear the central bank can do so.
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Aug 16, 2019
Trump wants the Fed to help head off a feared economic slowdown, but it's not clear the central bank can.
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Aug 16, 2019
The inversion of portions of the Treasury bond yield curve this week "would have to be sustained over a period of time" to be taken as a "bearish" signal for a U.S. economy, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said.
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Aug 16, 2019
Others observers have dismissed the suggestion that China would sell U.S. Treasurys to gain an upper hand in the trade war.
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Aug 15, 2019
Economists ratcheted up their GDP forecasts for the third quarter to a median 2.1% on Thursday.
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Aug 15, 2019
The president has criticized his central bank chief sharply, but stepped it up in recent days when he labeled the Fed leader "clueless Jay Powell."
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Aug 15, 2019
The nation's homebuilders are feeling better about their business, as falling mortgage rates help more buyers afford homes. They are still not, however, building enough homes to meet demand.
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Aug 15, 2019
CNBC's Jim Cramer says Wall Street should not assume a recession is on the horizon.
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Aug 15, 2019
U.S. productivity increased at a decent pace in the second quarter, a trend that could lead to higher wages if it continues.
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Aug 15, 2019
The Empire State manufacturing survey posted a 4.8 reading, while the Philadelphia business survey came in at 16.8, both well above expectations.
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Aug 15, 2019
First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 214,000 for the most recent week, up slightly from the 209,000 claims reported for the previous week.
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Aug 15, 2019
U.S. consumers spent more at retail stores and restaurants in July.
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Aug 15, 2019
The Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs columnist says tariffs were not the way to go, but China's trade practices needed to be checked.
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Aug 15, 2019
The Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs columnist says tariffs were not the way to go, but China's trade practices need to be checked.
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Aug 15, 2019
Names on the move ahead of the open.
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Aug 15, 2019
"We hope the U.S. side will meet China half-way, and implement the consensus reached by the two leaders during their meeting in Osaka," China's spokesperson at the foreign ministry Hua Chunying said.
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Aug 14, 2019
The U.S. yield curve move is not an isolated incident — bond markets globally are reeling.
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Aug 14, 2019
U.S. import prices unexpectedly rose in July, but the underlying trend remained weak, pointing to subdued imported inflation.
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Aug 14, 2019
No president wants to face voters in an economic downtown. But if that were Trump's only concern, he never would have pursued his haphazard trade policy in the first place, John Harwood writes.
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Aug 14, 2019
Another sharp drop in mortgage rates sent even more homeowners to their lenders, hoping to save money on their monthly payments.
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Aug 13, 2019
If low inflation, a wobbly economy and tariff jitters weren't enough to push the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, there's another reason.
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Aug 13, 2019
"Tell me why Xi should not continue to wait out The World's Greatest Negotiator, who keeps 'dealing' with himself?" says Jim Chanos.
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Aug 13, 2019
The rise in inflation will likely do little to change expectations that the Fed will cut rates again next month amid worsening trade tensions.
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