Surging Unemployment and Recession Risk Cement September Rate Cut
July employment crisis brings interest rate cut forward to September It looks like the market is finally getting what it has been waiting for for over a year.The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates. The July jobs report released on Friday showed the labor market in much weaker shape than previously thought. Economists had expected demand […]
Panicked Democrats Demand Rate Cuts Now
Democrats on Friday called on the central bank to cut interest rates now as unemployment continues to soar. The unemployment rate jumped to 4.3% and payrolls added 114,000 jobs in July, well below the 180,000 that economists had expected. John Carney, economics editor at Breitbart News, noted that a significant increase in the unemployment rate […]
US adds 114K jobs in July, jobless rate rises to 4.3 percent
U.S. employment increased by 114,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. Economists expect the U.S. to add 175,000 jobs and keep the unemployment rate steady at 4.1%. The July jobs report came two days after Federal Reserve officials signaled they could start […]
Amid Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment, experts look at declining birth rate
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Blood test has a 90 percent accuracy rate in determining whether memory loss is due to Alzheimer’s: Study
A blood test can determine with over 90% accuracy whether memory loss is caused by Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. study It was released on Sunday. A group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a cutting-edge blood test significantly outperforms diagnoses made by both general practitioners and specialists. A […]
Unemployment Rate Rising Despite Job Creation Due to ‘a Lot of Immigrants’ ‘Taking Jobs’
On CNBC’s “The Exchange” on Friday, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, said the rising unemployment rate despite job creation is “because we have strong labor force growth and a lot of immigrants coming into the country looking for work.” Zandi said he believes the economy’s potential growth rate is much higher than most […]
Stocks, Dow, Fed, rate cuts, Trump, Harris, Paris Olympics
Kamala Harris, economy, tax proposals Stocks surge after inflation data released on hopes of September rate cut Trump-Harris battle heats up 2024 White House race Bitcoin nears $70,000 as cryptocurrency could play role in election campaign Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears before Congress as President Trump makes clear his stance on EVs Delta’s Crowdstrike Nightmare […]
Dow soars over 600 points on tech rebound, optimism about Fed rate cuts
Wall Street’s major stock indexes closed higher on Friday, regaining some of the ground lost earlier in the week as investors again flocked to big tech stocks following a broad sell-off and inflation data stoked optimism that interest rate cuts could soon begin. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 800 points, closing at 40,589.34, up […]
GDP surges by 2.8%, giving hope for rate cuts in September
GDP is growing at 2.8% annually, which indicates that the economy is doing well. (iStock ) The pleasant surprise was that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.8% year-on-year in the second quarter. Advance quote This is good news for the overall economic outlook, as a GDP growth of between 2% and 3% indicates the U.S. […]
Dow surges more than 700 points as the stock market gears up for rate cuts – CNN
Spencer Pratt/Getty Images Economic data has also been surprisingly strong, even as interest rates remain at 23-year highs. new york CNN — There’s a clear shift in mood on Wall Street. Strong corporate earnings have driven stocks to repeatedly hit record highs in 2024, even as persistent inflation has forced investors to lower their estimates […]