Friday’s jobs report for February assuaged those concerns somewhat. Investors homed in on slower wage growth and an increase in unemployment, in part because more people are coming back to […]
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Back to news homeJobs Report Gives Fed a Mixed Signal Ahead of March Decision
Federal Reserve officials received a complicated signal from February’s employment report, which showed that job growth retained substantial momentum nearly a year into the central bank’s campaign to slow the […]
A Bank Run Jolts Markets as Investors Weigh the Jobs Report
Investors were pulled in two directions on Friday as the collapse of a small California bank raised concerns about the health of the banking sector, while fresh data on the […]
The Fed’s Struggle With Inflation Has the Markets on Edge
Bonds and StocksEven 10-year Treasury yields have ascended to the 4 percent range. Compared with stocks, Treasuries in a murky market are, for the moment, exceptionally attractive.Falling earnings haven’t helped […]
Fed Chair Powell Says Interest Rate Raises Likely to Be Higher Than Expected
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, made clear on Tuesday that the central bank is prepared to react to recent signs of economic strength by raising interest rates higher […]
Why Companies Are Pushing Premium Products With Higher Prices
Six Flags, the theme park operator, recently shifted to a more premium model by raising prices and limiting discounts, which Selim Bassoul, the chief executive, described as “bold changes to […]
Retailers Lay Out a Downbeat Outlook as Inflation Squeezes Low-Income Shoppers
As many of America’s best-known retailers reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings this week, buoyed by shoppers who continued to spend through stubbornly high inflation, they all seemed to arrive at the […]
Eurozone Inflation Edges Lower, but Pressure on Prices Continues
With the winter drawing to a close, inflation levels eased in Europe last month, the European Commission reported on Thursday, even as concerns grew that stubbornly high prices could put […]
The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Sped Back Up
There was a moment, late last year, when everything seemed to be going according to the Federal Reserve’s plan: inflation was slowing, consumers were pulling back and the overheated economy […]
Turkey’s Reeling Economy Is an Added Challenge for Erdogan
As Turkish authorities grapple with the agony of a mounting death toll from the deadliest earthquake in a century, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is confronting a parallel crisis: the disaster’s […]