Economic News
The latest analysis and insights into current events and economic indicators such as central bank news, unemployment numbers, GDP, and more.
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World Bank Warns About Slowing Global Economic Growth
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High Prices, Expensive Loans and Tight Credit Plague 'Gridlocked' Housing Market
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Office CMBS Delinquency Rates Jump by Most in Almost 5 Years
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Service Sector Downshift Raises Unemployment Worries
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Cash-Strapped U.S. Treasury Auctioned Bills Maturing in One Day
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Hiring Increased in May, So Did Unemployment. What's Up With That?
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Employers Added Surprisingly High 339,000 Jobs in May
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Construction Spending Increased in April For Second Straight Month
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Student Loan Resumption Could Stifle Up To $5 Billion of Consumer Spending A Month
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Lenders Made Fewest Home Loans Since 2000 As High Rates Stifle Mortgage Business
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Resilient Labor Market Bounced Back in April As Job Openings Increased
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The New York City Economic Tracker: May 8, 2023
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Memorial Day Holiday Weekend Air Travel Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Level
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Consumer Confidence Drops on Pessimism Over Current Conditions
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Home Price Declines Likely Over For Now, S&P Case-Shiller Says
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Few Homebuyers Looking To Move Out Of Town, Even Fewer Interested in Local Moves
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The Recession Keeps Getting Postponed. It May Never Come
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The Fed's Favorite Inflation Measure Surged in April, Raising Rate Hike Odds
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Here’s How A U.S. Credit Downgrade Could Affect Your Wallet
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Term of the Week: AAA Credit Rating
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Fitch Issues Credit Warning on US as Debt Ceiling Talks Drag On
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Most Student Loan Borrowers Might Be Unscathed By Higher Interest Rates
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Bernanke: Slow Fed Response Helped Inflation Surge
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Default May Be the Least Likely Outcome of Debt Ceiling Talks
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Inflation Caused Record Number of Adults To Be Worse Off in 2022
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Fed Officials Split On Whether To Raise Interest Rates Even Higher
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Cash Saved During Pandemic is Letting Shoppers Keep Spending
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Falling Economic Index Suggests Recession Ahead
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Three Past Debt Limit Standoffs Ended Without a Default—This Time Could Be Different
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Mortgage Applications Declined Last Week
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April Housing Starts Rise As Low Home Inventory Boosts Outlook For New Construction
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Homebuilder Confidence Increased This Month
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Retail Sales Ticked Up in April, Even As Inflation Forced Cutbacks on Non-Essentials
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Household Debt Rises to $17 Trillion As Delinquencies Increase
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Atlanta Fed’s Bostic Says He Doesn't See Rate Cut This Year
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Why So Few Houses For Sale? Pandemic-Refinancers Have 24 Billion Reasons to Stay Put
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Food Prices are Finally Falling, With One Major Exception
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Down Payments for Home Purchases Fell in Q1 From A Year Earlier
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Consumer Sentiment Plunges on Renewed Economic Worries
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Mortgage Applications Jumped Last Week
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Business Leaders See 1 in 3 Chance of ‘Full-Blown Financial Crisis’
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A Money Mystery: What Happened To The Lowest Earners’ Pandemic-Era Cash Stash?
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Producer Prices Rose Less than Expected in April
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Bank of England Raises Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
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Fed Report Highlights Risk of Bank Exposure to Commercial Real Estate
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The New York City Economic Tracker: April 24, 2023
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Here’s How Deposit Insurance Keeps Bank Accounts Safe—Even If Its Funding Runs Dry
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Gas and Vehicle Prices Fueled Stubborn Inflation in April
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Rising Rates, Tighter Lending, Remote Work Squeeze Commercial Real Estate
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Homebuyers' Confidence Improved in April by the Most in 2 Years
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Borrowing Will Get Tougher Before it Gets Easier, Banks Say
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Tight Inventory Caused Homes to Sell Quickly in April
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Banks Held Back On Hiking Deposit Rates. But Now The Pressure Is On.
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Unemployment Mostly Remains Steady in April
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When Jerome Powell Speaks, Markets Shudder
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Mortgage Applications Dropped Last Week Even as Interest Rates Fell
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Home Equity Declined in First Quarter for Many Americans
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Fed Squeezes Inflation and Economy Harder With a Tenth—Possibly Final—Rate Hike
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Here’s Where Prices For ‘Overvalued’ Homes Are Falling The Most
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Job Openings Kept Drying Up in March
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Construction Spending Rose Slightly in March
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AI, Green Energy Will Change Nearly A Quarter Of Global Jobs By 2027
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Fed Faces Pivotal Decision: When To Pause Interest Rate Hikes
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This Year's Bank Failures Eclipse 2008 Levels
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What If You Could Bank With the Federal Reserve?