Asian shares charge higher after US stocks rally to records
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares charged higher Wednesday in Asia after the U.S. stock market rallied to records when…
The unemployment rate for young college graduates worries many economists
WASHINGTON (AP) — While completing a master’s degree in data analysis, Palwasha Zahid moved from Dallas to a…
Top Fed official says weak jobs data backs the case for 3 rate cuts
NEW YORK — A top official at the Federal Reserve said Saturday that this month’s stunning, weaker-than-expected report…
The Federal Reserve’s Michelle Bowman backs three cuts to interest rates this year
NEW YORK (AP) — A top official at the Federal Reserve said Saturday that this month’s stunning, weaker-than-expected…
Wall Street drifts lower as stock markets worldwide take Trump’s new tariffs in stride
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting lower on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs took…
Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
WASHINGTON (AP) — The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has…
With jobs report, Trump follows playbook of rejecting unfavorable data
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple…
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly…
It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of…
Wall Street closes lower, led by drops in health care
Stocks capped a choppy day of trading on Wall Street with more losses Thursday after an early big…
European economy sees growth of only 0.1% as scramble to get ahead of US tariffs goes into reverse
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy barely grew in the April-June quarter as frantic earlier efforts to ship…
Fed unlikely to cut benchmark interest rates, though economic policy schism emerges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two top Federal Reserve officials could dissent from the central bank’s likely decision Wednesday to…