Falling inflation. Moderating wage growth. Resilient consumer spending.This is what a soft landing would look like.It is too soon to say whether the Federal Reserve will succeed in its effort […]
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Back to news homeWall St. Pessimists Are Getting Used to Being Wrong
Beaten as they might be by the stock market’s rally, worriers on Wall Street still question how long it can last. Their numbers are shrinking, though.After starting the year with […]
GDP Grew at 2.4% Rate in Q2 as US Economy Stayed on Track
Inflation has also slowed significantly. Consumer prices rose at a 2.6 percent rate in the second quarter, down from 4.1 percent in the first quarter and from more than 7 […]
Fed Raises Interest Rates After a Pause and Leaves Door Open to More
Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years and left the door open to further action as they continued their 16-month campaign to wrestle inflation […]
How Regional Banks Got Healthy Again
After depositor runs led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank this spring, investors and onlookers wondered how similarly sized institutions would fare. Would they have to […]
What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s July Meeting
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates at its meeting on Wednesday, and economists will be watching for hints at what officials expect next — and how […]
Credit Markets Are Creaking, Creating Economic Uncertainty
Investors and economists have become optimistic that the Federal Reserve might successfully slow inflation without plunging the economy into recession, but many are still eyeing a risk that threatens to […]
Global Economy Shows Signs of Resilience Despite Lingering Threats
The world economy is showing signs of resilience this year despite lingering inflation and a sluggish recovery in China, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, raising the odds that […]
U.S. Recession Appears Less Likely, Economists Say
The recession was supposed to have begun by now.Last year, as policymakers relentlessly raised interest rates to combat the fastest inflation in decades, forecasters began talking as though a recession […]
Jerome Powell’s Prized Labor Market Is Back. Can He Keep It?
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, spent the early pandemic lamenting something America had lost: a job market so historically strong that it was boosting marginalized groups, […]