Federal Reserve

Inflation & Prices

Bummed Consumers Predict Shrinking Labor Market, Spiking Inflation

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Whatever they say, consumers’ actual spending has remained rock solid, even if sentiment is yet to return to prepandemic levels.

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Markets

Wall Street Braces for Government Shutdown Chaos

Fitting for 2025, a government shutdown is all but guaranteed to deliver even more uncertainty into the macroeconomic mix.

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Economics

Is Powell Snubbing Interest in 2nd Fed Rate Cut?

In a speech in Rhode Island, Jerome Powell reminded Wall Street and the world that The Fed remains in a “challenging situation.”

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Markets

Small-Cap Russell 2000 Shakes Off Four-Year Funk on Rate Cut

The hope for the S&P 500’s small-cap cousin after the Fed’s rate cut tells an important story about the broader economy.

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Advisor Upside

What Does the Fed’s Rate Cut Mean for Clients?

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Many advisors say the move isn’t enough to significantly change strategies.

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Economics

Is Work-From-Home Still the New Normal For Corporate America?

The return-to-office orders have taken on new weight amid a softening labor market and broader economic anxiety.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Rethink Cash Ahead of Rate Cuts

Advisors are taking a variety of approaches in fixed income, stocks and alternatives.

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Indicators

Dismal Jobs Numbers May Not Mean What You Think

Morgan Stanley analysts think the US economy has been in a “rolling recession” since 2022 — and it may already be almost over.

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Real Estate

Lowe’s Lays Foundation for Housing Rebound

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In an interview with Barron’s, Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison said a rebound is inevitable in America’s something’s-gotta-give housing market

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Markets

Everyone’s Joining Big Tech’s Market Rally

Through August, Wall Street began rotating into small cap companies and sectors outside the bounds of the AI trade.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Stocks Slide as AI Reality Lags Behind Hype

Part of the investor pullback comes after an MIT report that checked in on the billions that companies have spent on generative AI.

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Real Estate

Homebuilders Offer Best Incentives Since COVID

A full 37% of homebuilders have slashed prices this month, down ever so slightly from a record 38% in July.

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Economics

Dismal Jobs Data Gives Fed a Wake-Up Call on Interest Rates

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The economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to the Labor Department, well below the expectations of economists surveyed.

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Economics

Bottom Line Undercuts Hot Quarter for Top-Line US GDP

Economists anticipated a 2.5% rate, so the better-than-expected top line figure was obviously cause for celebration, right?

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Finance

Markets Give a ‘Meh’ To Upbeat Wall Street Earnings

The consensus takeaway from the earnings season so far is that the economy is, in spite of everything, doing pretty good.

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Banking

Inflation Data and Bank Earnings Kick Off a Crucial Test for Markets

The big US banks bested Q1 earnings expectations, and many observers expect big boosts to their Q2 trading desk revenues.

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