By FOX Business’ Lydia Hu reports from the picket line in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and speaks with port workers about why they’re demanding higher wages. EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump told Fox News Digital that the strike involving tens of thousands of port workers from Maine to Texas on Tuesday is a result of “the…
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By In the latest video of GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance to go viral but not in a good way, he’s seen standing in front of a grocery display of eggs and blaming Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for driving the cost of this staple up to $4 per dozen.That’s “thanks to Kamala Harris’…
By Inflation ran even cooler in August than Wall Street expected and the economy is expanding steadily, so the Fed can make another large cut in interest rates at its next meeting in November, right?Not so fast.If inflation slows faster than the Fed expected, the thinking goes, the central bank could also lower interest rates…
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By WASHINGTON (AP) — With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored its belief that it’s all but conquered inflation after three long years.The public at large? Not so much.Consumer surveys, including one released Friday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, show that most…
By Washington CNN — In the clamor of the campaign season, we are missing what should be a landmark event. The United States has managed to bring inflation down without – so far – triggering a recession. This undeniable soft landing is a rare achievement that the conventional wisdom suggests has only happened one other time in…
By Ali Rogin is a correspondent for the PBS News Hour and PBS News Weekend, reporting on a number of topics including foreign affairs, health care and arts and culture. She received a Peabody Award in 2021 for her work on News Hour’s series on the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect worldwide. Rogin is also the recipient…
By Inflation is consistently a top issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election — in CBS News’ polling in mid-August, 76% of registered voters said it was a major factor in their choice for president — and they want to know how nominees Donald Trump and Kamala Harris would address it.Inflation — the rate of an…
By HEADLINES ABOUT inflation in America typically refer to the country’s consumer-price index (CPI), the most widely used measure of changing prices. CPI inflation slowed in August to 2.5% year-on-year. But when America’s central bankers meet on September 17th to discuss cutting interest rates, they will focus on a different index. Since 2000 the Federal…