Fed rate decision September 2023: Leaves rates unchanged
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in a decision released Wednesday, while also indicating it still expects one more hike before the end of the year and fewer cuts …
Prices
High rates are still hobbling IPOs
Instacart gift cards are displayed at a Safeway store on August 28, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from …
Striking unions impacting the economy at a level not seen in decades
The auto workers’ strike is the latest in a series of labor-management conflicts that economists say could start having significant growth impacts if they persist. So far, the United Auto …
Wall Street versus main street
People walk outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 05, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is …
August data on retail, industrial production, RRR cut
Chinese laborers working at a construction site at sunset in Chongqing, China on March 6, 2005. China Photos | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s National Bureau of Statistics was set …
European Central Bank hikes rates to record level
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde gestures as she addresses a press conference following the meeting of the governing council of the ECB in Frankfurt am Main, …
Don’t worry about August’s hotter-than-expected CPI
Gasoline prices for full serve and self serve are displayed at the Union 76 gas station ahead of the Labor Day weekend on August 28, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. …
Here’s the inflation breakdown for August 2023, in one chart
Gasoline was priced from $4.29 a gallon at a fuel station in Virginia on Aug. 16, 2023. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Inflation rose in August on …
47% of Americans say achieving retirement security will take a miracle
DusanManic | iStock | Getty Images Almost half of Americans — 47% — say achieving retirement security will take a miracle, according to a new survey from Natixis Investment Managers. …
Steve Forbes says the Fed’s not going to cut rates soon
Steve Forbes doesn’t expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates in upcoming meetings, but the Forbes Media chairman doesn’t see cuts in the near term either. “I think the Federal …