By US stocks wavered on Wednesday as investors digested an inflation report that showed consumer price increases ticked lower during August and analyzed the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell about 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) climbed about 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)…
By US stocks wavered on Tuesday as investors geared up for a looming consumer inflation report seen as crucial to determining the size of the first US interest-rate cut in years.The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) ticked up roughly 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell…
By For two years since the Federal Reserve started its aggressive fight against inflation, equity traders have been glued to their screens on days when the consumer price index was reported.But things should be different on Wednesday when the latest CPI print hits. Why? Because with inflation heading down toward the Fed’s target and the…
By Illustration: Women’s March on Versailles, October 5, 1789; public domainWhen Russian peasants set fire to hundreds of buildings in Moscow in 1648, the acute cause was a sharp rise in the price of salt. When they rioted again 12 years later, it was to protest a government policy that made copper money equal in value to…
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By Inflation is “destroying any joy we may have been able to afford,” the airman wrote. “We are literally grasping at pennies to survive and it’s killing us.”Statements from the airman — stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico — and many others came in response to Military Times’ call for comments on how…
By Okay, folks, are you ready? The race for all the marbles is underway, candidates chosen for all federal and state offices, gobs of money being raised and spent, ads by the mega-gross assaulting the senses, volunteers knocking-calling-pleading for votes and commentators commenting continuously. Let’s begin by simplifying the main race, the presidential election. That race…
By The sun is burning a hole in Americans’ wallets. Back-to-back months of heat records and sweltering days have contributed to rising electricity costs, and experts say that without action, it’s a problem that will likely only get worse. According to CBS News’ price tracker, the cost of electricity has increased from $0.14 per kilowatt hour…
By “Corporate greed” is the Democrats’ explanation for higher food prices. gettyThe common perception among commentators and pundits was that the Democratic National Convention was devoid of any focus on issues. There was a lot of joy. But very little substance. Except for one rather remarkable exception. As the Wall Street Journal put it, “At…
By Penn Mutual Asset Management CIO Mark Heppenstall joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ with his perspective on several U.S. economy headlines. An inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve inched higher in July as elevated prices continue to weigh on millions of Americans. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the personal consumption expenditures price index…