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Inflation & Prices

Fed’s Beige Book Buoys Rate-Cut Hopes Amid Economic Data Blackout

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The report cautions tariffs are driving inflation higher and says companies are grappling with whether to pass the costs to consumers.

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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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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

Waiting Game: Why Fed Isn’t Ready to Cut Rates (Yet)

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The Fed was already walking a tightrope over a bottomless pit of stagflation before waves of tariffs came to rattle the line.

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Inflation & Prices

Inflation Cooled in February. Now Come Tariffs.

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The good news: Inflation may be calming down. The bad news: Likely-inflationary tariffs are just starting to hit now.

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