Consumer Confidence Drops As Americans Remain Frustrated With High Prices One Month From Election
U.S. consumer confidence fell in October due to concerns about high prices, according to the University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index. After two months of gains, U.S. consumer sentiment fell 1.2 index points to 68.9 in October. According to To the investigation. Joan Hsu, director of consumer research, cited high prices as a cause of […]
Inflation rose 2.4% last month — higher than expected
Inflation was higher than expected last month, dampening hopes for another big rate cut by the Federal Reserve next month. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.4% in September from a year earlier, slightly ahead of economists' expectations for a 2.3% rise, the Labor Department said Thursday. Month-on-month, the CPI rose by 0.2%, which was significantly […]
Same poll taken one month apart shows which presidential candidate has momentum in key states
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — With less than four weeks until Election Day in November, the latest polls in three key battleground states show former President Trump in the lead, but Vice President Kamala Harris remains A close battle continues. In Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential candidate Harris holds a 49% to 46% lead over Republican standard-bearer Trump, according […]
After Challenging Month for Hezbollah, Terror Official Claims Interest in Ceasefire
Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem said in a televised address on Tuesday that he was ready to discuss a ceasefire with Israel without setting conditions for an end to Israeli operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Lebanese terror group appears to have backed away from these demands after Israeli forces removed its second […]
Hurricanes set to scramble swing-state map a month before election
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Homes and businesses in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina in the path of last month's Hurricane Helen and impending Hurricane Milton aren't the only ones in turmoil. The same can be said about the electoral maps themselves in two battleground states and three states where polls show the November election could be […]
Harris, Walz Wasting Time in Deep Blue NYC, LA Month Before Election
Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Manhattan this week to film three interviews, while her vice president, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minnesota), will be campaigning in Los Angeles. With 30 days until Election Day, Harris and Walz are spending precious time traveling to deep-blue strongholds rather than campaigning in battleground states. WATCH — Lara Trump: […]
The 2025 Social Security COLA Will Be Announced This Month. Here's What That Means for Retirees. – AOL
Are you currently receiving Social Security retirement benefits? If so, you may want to mark October 10th on your calendar. Then you'll know how big your monthly payments will be in 2025. Hopefully that's enough of an improvement to offset the price increases for pretty much everything so far this year. But how much of […]
US economy added 254K jobs last month — blowing past forecasts
Last month's economic growth brought in a whopping 254,000 jobs. That beat previous expectations for a modest rise and dampened Wall Street's hopes for another big rate cut by the Federal Reserve next month. The Labor Department also reported that the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, down from 4.2% the previous month. According to consensus […]
Trump to speak at NRA event in Georgia this month
Former President Trump is scheduled to address gun rights activists in key battleground states at a National Rifle Association (NRA) event in Georgia later this month. President Trump is scheduled to speak at the NRA's “Defend the 2nd” event in Savannah on October 22nd. The remarks come as Vice President Harris, the Democratic nominee, has […]
Investors hope October paves way for records as cryptocurrency enters historically strong month – CNBC
September’s surprise gave Bitcoin a head start that could push it to new all-time highs in the fourth quarter. Cryptocurrencies rose 7.7% in September, historically the weakest month of the year and the best since May. However, gains were limited to 2.5% in the third quarter as the cryptocurrency struggled to break out of the […]