Economy

The Federal Reserve may have pretty much just hit its 2% inflation target

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell arrives to a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee…

French budget focuses on tax hikes as analysts warn of ratings downgrades

France’s newly-installed government on Thursday presented a draft budget containing 60 billion euros ($65.6 billion) in tax hikes and spending…

Producer price index September 2024:

A customer shops at a Whole Foods grocery store in Edgewater, N.J. on Sept. 11th, 2024.  Adam Jeffery | CNBC…

UK economic growth August 2024

Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. economy grew 0.2% in August on a month-on-month basis,…

CPI inflation September 2024

The pace of price increases over the past year took was higher than forecast in September while jobless claims posted…

Hurricane Milton could cause as much as $175 billion in damages, according to early estimates

Heavy traffic begins to back up on Interstate 275 South as residents evacuate St. Petersburg, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Milton,…

Fed close to pulling off the elusive economic soft landing in 2024 after great September jobs report

A hiring sign is posted on the exterior of Urban Outfitters at the Tysons Corner Center mall on August 22,…

Jobless rates fall for Black and Hispanic men in September

Job seekers attend the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair held at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on June…

Here’s where the jobs are for September 2024 — in one chart

The September jobs report was surprisingly strong, and the details show that growth came from many different areas of the…

September 2024 U.S. jobs report:

The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, pointing to a vital employment picture as the unemployment…