An International Monetary Fund (IMF) director said the Federal Reserve may need to do more to slow lending. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told CNBC...
Uncertainty reigns, but if the spate of jobs reports that marked a busy week of economic data show a trend, it’s that Main Street small...
Main Street businesses are pulling back on hiring. Preparing, perhaps, for the impact of a pullback in consumer spending that’s already in motion. The logic...
People are thinking twice before opening their wallets as inflation continues to run rampant, devouring retail sales in most categories last month and aligning with...
For the platforms, it won’t be business as usual — not if the Labor Department shakes things up. To that end, and as widely reported,...
New unemployment applications climbed last week above the pre-pandemic average for the first time since January, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday (June 9). Initial...
More money, more problems. OK, not really — but we note that some of the headline economic data released this morning may point to a...
The U.S. Labor Department (DOL) reported Thursday (July 9) that another 1,314,000 American filed initial claims for jobless benefits last week, bringing the total number...