Retail sales surged 1.2% in August — the biggest jump in five months — just hours before the Fed is expected to deliver its first rate hike since 2023.
The Empire State Manufacturing Index cratered 13 points to 7.6 as the FOMC opened its two-day meeting with an 88% chance of a rate hike. Manufacturing...
Social Security's retirement trust fund is now projected to run dry by Q4 2032, one quarter sooner than last year. The 75-year shortfall swelled to...
JOLTS shows 7.3M openings against 5.1M hires. Construction needs 349,000 workers. Manufacturing's humming. The structural labor shortage persists — and...
Markets hold steady on a quiet Monday with zero data on the calendar. But the Fed's two-day meeting starting Tuesday could deliver the first rate hike...
August CPI held at 3.4% but core rose 0.3% against 0.2% expected — a surprise that pushes rate-hike odds higher. Michigan sentiment forecast at 51.0.
August producer prices rose 5.4% year-over-year, slightly above forecasts. Core PPI came in below expectations, but with oil above $100 and CPI due...
PPI Thursday, CPI Friday: the last inflation data before the Fed meets Sept 15-16. Oil at $96, new Canada tariffs, and one question: hike or pause?
Small business optimism cooled to 98.7 in August — still above the 52-year average and ahead of consensus — but weakening sales and resurgent inflation...
The quits rate hit 1.9% — the lowest in a decade — as 7.3M openings, a frozen labor force, and 349K needed construction workers reveal a market that...