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Consumer sentiment sours as government shutdown threatens economic damage
ABC News
The fresh data marked three consecutive months of worsening shopper attitudes.
Oct 10, 2025, 2:07 PM
Why gold’s historic rally is about more than just Trump
Erin Hale, Al Jazeera English
The price of gold has soared 50 percent in 2025. Experts say the 'safe haven' asset is becoming an all-occasions asset.
Oct 8, 2025, 12:04 PM
America’s economy is on a ‘sugar high’ warns Ken Griffin, and investors retreating to gold is one sign of a comedown
Eleanor Pringle, Yahoo Entertainment
Ken Griffin said investors want to make the most of the rally in American equities but are hedging their spoils out of U.S. sovereign risk.
Oct 7, 2025, 10:30 AM
Trump says the US has secured $17 trillion in new investments. The real number is likely much less
JOSH BOAK, Yahoo Entertainment
The White House website lists total investments at $8.8 trillion, though that figure appears to be padded with some investment commitments made during Joe...
Oct 6, 2025, 1:00 PM
Fed Expected To Cut Interest Rates Again In October
Simon Moore, Senior Contributor, Simon Moore, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/, Forbes
Another interest rate cut is likely at the Fed's next scheduled meeting in September due, in part, to potential labor market risks.
Oct 4, 2025, 2:59 PM
US Economy Is Already on the Edge – A Prolonged Government Shutdown Could Send It Tumbling Over
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Why a protracted US shutdown could seriously damage an already faltering economy.
Oct 4, 2025, 9:00 AM
The Price of Tomorrow
Geoff Mann, The New York Review of Books
The current discount rate means that the government views the long-term future of humanity as not metaphorically but literally worthless.
Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
No Such Thing As Dollar ‘Supply’ And ‘Demand,’ There’s Just Production
John Tamny, Contributor, John Tamny, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/, Forbes
Money is a measure. Nothing else.
Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 PM
What To Expect From The Fed For The Remainder Of 2025
Simon Moore, Senior Contributor, Simon Moore, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/, Forbes
With two scheduled meetings remaining, the FOMC is likely to cut again.
Sep 27, 2025, 12:22 PM
Some Clues That a Recession Is Coming
Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic
Cardboard-box demand can be a legitimate indicator. Hemline length? Not so much.
Sep 25, 2025, 10:14 PM
Fed Chair Powell says rising inflation and slow hiring pose 'challenging situation'
Max Zahn, ABC News
The remarks came less than a week after the Fed cut interest rates.
Sep 23, 2025, 5:31 PM
The Fed’s Rate Cut Was Expected. Here’s What Not To Expect: Real Help
Erik Sherman, Senior Contributor, Erik Sherman, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/, Forbes
The announcement of a quarter percent rate cut, and the indication of likely future cuts, is something a lot of people were waiting for. But what will ultimately come?
Sep 20, 2025, 3:51 AM
Trump’s Getting His Economy. Yikes.
Mary Harris, Slate Magazine
Incoherent tariffs, foreign companies watching their workers arrested—interest rate cuts can’t heal this.
Sep 18, 2025, 9:20 AM
The Fed's dot plot shows one member wants to cut rates like crazy by the end of the year
Allie Kelly, Business Insider
The Fed's projections show the median member expected another half percentage point of cuts in 2025. One member called for something more ambitious.
Sep 17, 2025, 8:20 PM
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time since December
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The central bank’s widely expected 0.25% cut comes amid a cooling labour market, which has stalled economic growth.
Sep 17, 2025, 6:17 PM
Facing Trump's pressure, the Fed is likely to cut rates for the first time this year
Scott Horsley, NPR
The Fed is likely to lower interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in an effort to cushion the sagging job market. The move comes as policymakers face growing pressure from Trump.
Sep 17, 2025, 9:00 AM
The Fed is likely to cut rates for the first time this year. Here's what that means for credit cards and housing costs.
Allie Kelly,Madison Hoff, Business Insider
Economists expect the Fed to make the first rate cut of the year this week. Here's what that means for savings, mortgages, and more.
Sep 16, 2025, 8:01 AM
US Labor Department statistical agency hiring part-time economists for the CPI report
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, under fire for recent sharp downward revisions to U.S. nonfarm payrolls and...
Sep 15, 2025, 9:31 PM
10 Monday AM Reads
Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com
My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • BlackRock Says Fiscal Angst in Global Bond Markets Is Overblown: Bond markets are seeking a new equilibrium after years of ultra low yields, and investors expect countries like France to ultimately sort out its budge…
Sep 15, 2025, 10:15 AM
What To Look From The Fed’s September Meeting
Simon Moore, Senior Contributor, Simon Moore, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/, Forbes
The Fed is expected to cut rates on September 17 in light of recent soft labor market data, and should provide clues for future monetary policy decisions.
Sep 13, 2025, 11:15 AM
US Fed expected to cut rates amid cooling labour market, surging inflation
Andy Hirschfeld, Al Jazeera English
Weakening labour market and higher inflation has put Fed in a 'difficult' position even as economists expect a rate cut.
Sep 12, 2025, 7:36 PM
Dollar steady as inflation data and central banks take focus
Gregor Stuart Hunter, Yahoo Entertainment
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The dollar stabilised in early Asian trading hours on Thursday after an unexpected drop in U.S. factory-gate prices bolstered...
Sep 11, 2025, 12:59 AM
The New BLS Job Numbers Are Out and They’re Absolutely Abysmal
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
Nearly a million fewer jobs were created between April 2024 and March 2025 than previously reported, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The new data, published Tuesday morning, speaks to a weak job market during both former President Joe Biden and Pr…
Sep 9, 2025, 3:27 PM
Job growth revised down by 911,000...
CNBC
Job growth revised down by 911,000... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Economy shakier than realized... Consumers hit with shock tariff bills... GALLUP: SUPPORT FOR CAPITALISM AT NEW LOW...
Sep 9, 2025, 2:07 PM