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Loop News Jamaica
April 29, 2018
The US economy's growth slowed year on year but still put in a creditable performance of 2.3 per cent for the first three months of 2018. This is 0.3 per cent better than analysts anticipated. The growth for the period under review is slower than the average 3 per cent gain in the last three quarters. So whatÃâà...
Fox Business
April 28, 2018
Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of Blackstone Group (BX), the world's largest alternative assets manager, on Friday told FOX Business, the U.S. economy is poised for “several years of a good run.” Continue Reading Below. “I think that the U.S. is in really good shape,” he said during a wide-rangingÃâà...
Marketplace.org
April 28, 2018
(Markets Edition) The U.S. GDP's growth figure is out for the first quarter, showing that the economy grew at a rate of 2.3 percent — a slowdown from 2.9 percent during the previous quarter. We'll hear from Chris Low — chief economist at FTN Financial — about the reasons for this, and why this percentageÃâà...
Market Realist
April 28, 2018
The Conference Board CEO Confidence Survey is a quarterly report that collects responses from ~100 CEOs from different industries in the US. The data collected covers the CEOs' attitudes and expectations for the economy and their respective industries. The industries represented by these CEOs includeÃâà...
New York Times
April 28, 2018
The economy grew at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in the first quarter, the government reported Friday, offering a preliminary glance at how last year's sweeping package of tax cuts is affecting consumers and businesses this year. During the first three months of 2018, the economy was whacked around likeÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 28, 2018
America's economic growth slowed at the beginning of 2018 as household spending stalled in spite of recent tax cuts. The US economy grew at a rate of 2.3% in the first quarter, according to the Commerce Department's preliminary report on Friday. That's slower than the 2.9% pace in the fourth quarter ofÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 24, 2018
During his visit to the United States, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inopportunely noted in an interview with Reuters news service that Saudi Arabia was “working on moving from a model agreement [for oil collaboration with Russia] for a year to a longer term—10-20 years.” In fairness to theÃâà...
CNBC
April 23, 2018
The Federal Reserve is 'mucking up' US economy, says pro. Here's how. 11 Hours Ago. Mark Grant, B. Riley FBR managing director, shares his thoughts on how Federal Reserve policy is slowing economic growth. They are causing higher borrowing costs for the country, says Grant. Watch CNBC Live TVÃâà...
The Hill
April 23, 2018
Now that the U.S. is the world's top oil producer, however, higher oil prices would have a mixed impact on the U.S. economy. ... It is important for U.S. policymakers to recognize the change that has taken place and that currently higher oil prices signify a mixed impact on the American economy.
MarketWatch
April 22, 2018
Oil prices are headed toward $70 a barrel, a weight on the U.S. economy that is bearable for now but could pose trouble if prices keep climbing. The last time U.S. oil prices were at $70, in 2014, they were in the middle of a steep collapse. Many investors believed then that prices would soon stabilize,Ãâà...
MarketWatch
April 21, 2018
The U.S. economy is like a car in the left lane on a partly crowded highway. Sometimes it has to slow down, but it's still driving above the speed limit. So it was in the first three months of 2018. The economy likely decelerated to a growth rate of about 2% from a more robust pace of 2.9%, 3.2% and 3.1% inÃâà...
Economic Times
April 17, 2018
President Donald Trump is praising the strength of the economy and his tax overhaul at a business round-table event with Hispanics in Hialeah, Florida. Trump says the country is "starting to really rock" with businesses coming back to the country and corporations facing fewer regulations. For the latestÃâà...
Iosco County News Herald
April 17, 2018
President Donald Trump is praising the strength of the economy and his tax overhaul at a business round-table event with Hispanics in Hialeah, Florida. (March 16). Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress. Get updates and more Breaking News here: http://smarturl.it/Ãâà...
mediabistro.com
April 17, 2018
New American Economy brings together more than 500 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors and business leaders united in making the case for streamlining, modernizing, and rationalizing our immigration system. We advocate for reform through a variety of digital and on-the-groundÃâà...
Moneycontrol.com
April 17, 2018
Expressing concerns over increasing trade tensions, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today said closing of the US economy would damage both American and global trade growth prospects. ICC Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said that open markets underpinned by the rule-based multilateralÃâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
April 17, 2018
HIALEAH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Monday the Republican tax law and his push to slash regulations are driving one of the “greatest booms” to the U.S. economy and helping Hispanic workers. Trump praised the strength of the economy at a business round-table in a predominantly LatinoÃâà...
CNBC
April 17, 2018
Mick Mulvaney on tax cuts and the US economy. 35 Mins Ago. Mick Mulvaney, OMB director and acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, talks about President Trump's "Make America Great Again" agenda. Watch CNBC Live TVÃâà...
FXStreet
April 16, 2018
“Economic activity: We expect the US economy to continue to grow significantly above potential in 2018 and 2019, boosted by tax cuts and a pick-up in government spending. Job gains remain well above the long-term sustainable pace and will likely continue to push down the unemployment rate to levelsÃâà...
gulfnews.com
March 26, 2018
Some observers paint this borrowing as a positive thing driven by confidence in the US economy, or at least in the ability of the US Treasury to manufacture safe assets. Others portray it as a sign of weakness driven by chronic federal budget deficits or currency manipulation by foreign governments.
Fairfield Daily Republic
March 24, 2018
The U.S. current account deficit grew a bit at the end of last year, to $128.2 billion in the fourth quarter from $101.5 billion in the third quarter, according to data released recently by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. That amounts to 2.6 percent of gross domestic product, which from the perspective of the past 15 years or soÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
March 24, 2018
We're seeing some modestly concerning movements in the credit markets. While they're certainly not at danger levels, we should keep an eye on them. The leading indicators are all moving higher. The coincidental numbers are strong. I'm in the final stages of working with the Seeking Alpha team onÃâà...
Dallas News
March 23, 2018
The letters printed on Sunday highlighted your two favorite targets — President Donald Trump and Pastor Robert Jeffress. The seemingly endless drumbeat of negative coverage of these two men rarely mentions their great accomplishments. The president has ignited this economy, reducing taxes andÃâà...
Fox Business
March 23, 2018
An author who predicts that China's government will collapse said Thursday that the U.S economy and its intellectual property are at risk without the $50 ... “It's up to President Trump to protect the American economy because if he doesn't do that, there's going to be very little left to our economy,” GordonÃâà...
Charlotte Business Journal
March 23, 2018
The U.S. economy is setting the stage for its longest period of economic expansion in history. PNC Bank chief economist Gus Faucher says gradually rising interest rates, a strong workforce and the improved housing market are some of the driving forces behind it. The economy began an expansion 105Ãâà...
Market Realist
March 22, 2018
In the first policy meeting under new Fed chair Jerome Powell, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) increased the interest rate by 0.25%. The hike came at the end of the two-day meeting that concluded on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. It increased the target range of the federal funds rate toÃâà...
Market Realist
March 22, 2018
On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) announced its key interest rate decision after its monetary policy review meeting. The new Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, gave his consent for a 25-basis-point rate hike in his first meeting. Jerome Powell took over as Fed chair in earlyÃâà...
Business Insider
March 22, 2018
Even if you include inflation in the calculation, the size of the US economy increased by 4.4%. Yet the national debt grew by 6%. Now that might not seem like a big difference. But it is. On a proportional basis, the national debt expanded 36% faster than the US economy (even if you include inflation). Over the course ofÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 22, 2018
Fed moves to prevent US economy from overheating. The US central bank has raised interest rates by a quarter-point at its first policy meeting under Chairman Jay Powell and signaled more hikes are coming in response to tax cuts and higher government spending. USA Jerome Powell Notenbankchef inÃâà...
CNBC
March 20, 2018
The Fed is unlikely to even mention one of the bigger risks for the economy when it issues its statement Wednesday. Some economists, however, say the Fed should discuss Trump's tariffs and the potential for trade wars, but there is not enough information for the Fed to assess the impact on the economyÃâà...
KJZZ
March 17, 2018
Retail sales in the U.S. fell for a third consecutive month in February. And for an economy that has been increasingly consumer-driven in recent years, that could be an alarming statistic. Worries that a recession is on the horizon are also creating tension. But the unemployment rate is low and, as a whole,Ãâà...
PetaPixel (blog)
March 17, 2018
“The arts contribute $763.6 billion to the U.S. economy, more than agriculture, transportation, or warehousing,” the NEA reports. “The arts employ 4.9 million workers across the country with earnings of more than $370 billion. Furthermore, the arts exported $20 billion more than imported, providing a positiveÃâà...
The Hill
March 17, 2018
Tariffs on China's information and communications technology imports would lead to billions in losses for the U.S. economy, a new report released on Friday shows. Any Trump administration plan that would levy a 25 percent tariff on those types of Chinese products would cost the U.S. economy $332Ãâà...
South China Morning Post
March 16, 2018
US President Donald Trump's plan to impose heavy tariffs on China will have a “devastating impact” on the US economy, the US Chamber of Commerce has warned. The comments by the world's largest business federation on Friday came in the wake of the White House's threat to impose tariffs of US$30Ãâà...
Market Realist
March 15, 2018
According to a report provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the US economy (SPY) (QQQ) grew at an annual rate of 2.6% in 4Q17 compared to 3.3% growth in 3Q17. It grew at an annual rate of 2.5% in 2017. The improving economic growth in the United States has been mainly supported by aÃâà...
Business Insider Nordic
March 15, 2018
The Atlanta Fed's GDP now tracker projects 1.9% growth for the US economy in the first quarter. The tracker saw 5.4% growth in early February. President Donald Trump has touted 3% growth for his administration. One model that forecasts the US economy's performance saw another big downward revision on Wednesday.
Markets Insider
March 14, 2018
One model that forecasts the US economy's performance saw another big downward revision on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model projects that gross domestic product will increase at a 1.8% annualized rate in the first quarter. That's down from last week's 2.5% estimateÃâà...
Business Insider
March 14, 2018
One model that forecasts the US economy's performance saw another big downward revision on Wednesday. The Atlanta Federal Reserve's GDPNow model projects that gross domestic product will increase at a 1.8% annualized rate in the first quarter. That's down from last week's 2.5% estimate, and well below the 5.4%Ãâà...
Dealbreaker
March 13, 2018
These numbers dovetail with other data, like last week's jobs report, which showed the U.S. economy added 313,000 new jobs at the same time that the labor force grew by its largest 1-month increase in 15 years. The U.S. economy, it would appear, has reached a Goldilocks phase, in which good workersÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 13, 2018
The growth rate for the U.S. has averaged around 2.5% through the economic recovery, but if Washington wants to see it accelerated it should focus on policies that help women at work. A recent report from S&P Global argues that promoting the entry and retention of more women in the workforce,Ãâà...
Seeking Alpha
March 12, 2018
Instead, what I am getting worried about is the size of the fiscal stimulus that is being dumped on the U.S. economy at this point in the cycle. When we wrote our 2018 outlook last year, we clearly were expecting a fiscal expansion on the back of the proposed tax cuts. That was the reason why we speculatedÃâà...
WorldOil
March 11, 2018
“The oil and natural gas industry is a major contributor to the American economy and helps meet America's constantly increasing energy needs. We support more than 10.3 million U.S. jobs and contribute $1.3 trillion to the U.S. economy - benefits that are felt across the country,” said API Director ofÃâà...
TheStreet.com
March 10, 2018
How a Strong U.S. Economy Is Helping Cryptocurrency Ripple. It has been quite the ride for cryptocurrency ripple. TheStreet talks with ripple executive Danny Aranda about how a strong economy is helping the crypto. ByBrian Sozzi. Mar 10, 2018 7:31 AM EST. Stocks are rocking again, in large part thanks to a strongÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
March 10, 2018
I was reviewing yesterday's Z.1 release from the Federal Reserve and all I could think to myself was "man, this is all so boring." Boring is good in economic terms. It means there are no outlier sectors doing weird stuff that can create future instability. But this is all part of a broader theme that I've talked aboutÃâà...
North Bay Business Journal
March 9, 2018
There are 39 pages in the Labor Department's February report on the employment situation in the United States, but they can be summed up in four words: The economy is humming. The 313,000 jobs that the nation added in February are far more than are needed to keep up with population growth andÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 9, 2018
Kim Degler sits at the bar she runs outside Waynesburg, Pa., a once-thriving coal industry center that has struggled in the new energy era. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images). Hiring surged last month at its fastest pace since mid-2016, but wage growth slowed — an ideal combination for the stock market but notÃâà...
The Guardian
March 9, 2018
A worker at the Shinola Watch factory in Detroit. Economists suggested another interest rate rise was likely. Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images. The US added 313,000 new jobs in February – the strongest gain since July 2016 – as the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1%.
Marketplace.org
March 9, 2018
Surrounded by applauding steel and aluminum workers, President Donald Trump holds up the Section 232 Proclamation on steel imports that he signed at the White House on March 8. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Listen To The Story. Marketplace. Download download; Embed embed. Embed Code.
Vox
March 8, 2018
By the same token, while essentially all of us consume products made of steel and aluminum, these raw materials simply aren't a particularly significant share of the overall American economy. What's more, the coming retaliation from America's trade partners is more political than economic. EuropeanÃâà...
WGN Radio
March 2, 2018
TechBridge is literally bridging Latin talent to America. The US is becoming increasingly Spanish-speaking and Latin countries are disrupting the global economy with new ideas. How should Chicago integrate with this change? TechBridge Managing Director Alfred Stevens is joined by AOS InternationalÃâà...
The Manila Times
March 2, 2018
WASHINGTON: The US economy is showing no signs of overheating, so the job market can continue to tighten without generating troubling inflation, US central bank chief Jerome Powell said Thursday. After his comments highlighting the strengthening economy roiled financial markets on Tuesday amidÃâà...
