Biden Secretly Shipped Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine in March
The Biden administration last month secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for the first time in an effort to enable Ukrainian forces to further attack Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, according to reports. politiko report On Wednesday, the United States approved the transfer of “a large number” of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS). Ukraine has long […]
Here are the portfolio's top 5 performing stocks since the March Monthly Meeting – CNBC
Stocks hit a rough patch after the club’s monthly meeting in March as Wall Street grappled with the growing possibility of higher long-term interest rates. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each fell more than 3% from the close of their March 27 meeting day through Tuesday trading. The Nasdaq Composite Index, which […]
Anti-Israel Protesters Holding Flares March To NYPD HQ Calling For The Release Of 150 Arrested At NYU
New York University students and pro-Palestinian supporters gather outside the New York University Stern School of Business building on Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altafer) OAN’s James Myers8:25am – Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Anti-Israel demonstrators armed with smoke bombs marched toward New York Police Department headquarters on Monday night after the […]
Commercial real estate foreclosures jumped 117% in March as trouble looms
Stifel’s KBW CEO Thomas Michaud assesses the stability of regional banks, commercial real estate and the Basel III proposal. of commercial real estate Markets are beginning to distort under the weight of rising interest rates and remote work. There were 625 commercial real estate foreclosures in March, an increase of 6% from February and 117% […]
March retail sales blew past expectations
Retail sales in March exceeded expectations, according to new numbers released by the Commerce Department on Monday. The latest estimates are Ministry of Commerce Retail sales were shown to have increased by 0.7% in March, more than double the previous year. consensus estimation Increased by 0.3% from last month. Retail sales in March exceeded expectations […]
CBP report reveals lowest March for migrant encounters; Texas crackdown continues
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its monthly update touting a decline in the number of encounters with migrants since last month. In March, Border Patrol recorded 137,480 encounters between ports of entry along the Southwest border. Encounter rates between ports of entry along the Southwest border decreased by 45% compared to December 2023 […]
Gas, housing and car insurance costs soar, fueling inflation in March
March inflation rates showed gas, home and auto insurance to rise for another month (iStock) A stronger-than-expected rise in consumer prices in March pushed up inflation and gave the Federal Reserve more reason to delay cutting interest rates. On an annualized basis, prices rose 3.5% in March, higher than last month’s 3.2% rise and also […]
Producer prices come in softer than consumer prices in March
After consumer prices rose, producer prices rose less than economists expected in March, providing some relief to analysts and suggesting that underlying inflation may still be easing. suggested. The Labor Department’s Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.2% last month, lower than the expected 0.3%. The index rose 0.6% in February and 0.4% in January. PPI […]
Wholesale inflation rose 0.2% in March, slightly below estimates
Wholesale prices last month posted the largest year-on-year increase in 11 months, but the following day, stock prices plummeted on a report on higher-than-expected U.S. inflation, raising concerns that the Fed won’t cut interest rates soon. It was the day after that. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the producer price index, which tracks […]
March Inflation Report Kills Chance of a June Rate Cut
Inflation shock sends tremors across Wall Street Was that an earthquake? The Ministry of Labor reported: Consumer Price Index (CPI) March rose by four-tenths of a percent, beating expectations and matching February’s readings. The so-called core consumer price index, which excludes food and energy prices, also rose 0.4%. of The year-on-year headline inflation rate was […]