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Bookmark or Share- Economic Data Points to Fed Rate Cut Next Week, and a Cautious 2025Cutting the policy rate, currently set in the 4.50 percent-4.75 percent range, too far could buoy demand, stretch the economy’s ability to fulfill it, and raise inflation.
- Trump now says bringing down grocery prices, as he promised, will be ...Exit polls showed deep discontent with the economy was a big factor in driving voters to Trump.. Inflation spiked to more than 9% during the Biden-Harris administration, a 40-year high. Negative ...
- How Is the Economy Doing? - The New York TimesThe U.S. economy is in a strange place right now. Job growth is slowing, but demand for workers is strong. Inflation is high (but not as high as last spring). Consumers are spending more in...
- The Bundesbank says 2025 spells big trouble for German economyIt hasn't been a great year for Germany’s economy and 2025 isn’t likely to be much better, the Deutsche Bundesbank said today. The German central bank slashed its growth forecast for next year to 0.2 percent, from the 1.1 percent it had predicted in June. It also said it now expected the economy to contract slightly this year — by 0.2 percent — when it had previously expected growth of ...
- The top economics stories of 2024 - The World Economic ForumA sluggish global economy has been a topic of conversation throughout the year. In January at Davos 2024, there were calls for a 'new paradigm of prosperity' that balances productivity with equity and sustainability. This approach was at the heart of the World Economic Forum's Future of Growth Report 2024, which introduced a framework to assess the quality of economic growth across the globe.
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