Weekly jobless claims fall to 233,000, less than expected, in a positive sign for labor market

Weekly jobless claims fall to 233,000, less than expected, in a positive sign for labor market

An employment sign is seen on the window of a department store on August 02, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled less than expected last week, countering other signs that the labor market is weakening. First-time filings for jobless benefits … Read more

Wall Street rebound fizzles out

Wall Street rebound fizzles out

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to … Read more

Wall Street rebound fizzles out

Wall Street rebound fizzles out

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 06, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

No sign of U.S. recession in freight demand, Maersk CEO says

No sign of U.S. recession in freight demand, Maersk CEO says

Shipping giant Maersk, considered a barometer for global trade, is not seeing signs of a U.S. recession as freight demand remains robust, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday. “We’ve seen in the last couple of years, actually, [the shipping container] market remaining surprisingly resilient to all the fear of recessions that there has been,” Vincent … Read more

Market correction may not be over yet

Market correction may not be over yet

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 06, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Sahm rule creator doesn’t think that the Fed needs an emergency rate cut

Sahm rule creator doesn’t think that the Fed needs an emergency rate cut

The U.S. Federal Reserve does not need to make an emergency rate cut, despite recent weaker-than-expected economic data, according to Claudia Sahm, chief economist at New Century Advisors. Speaking to CNBC “Street Signs Asia,” Sahm said “we don’t need an emergency cut, from what we know right now, I don’t think that there’s everything that … Read more

Correction may not be over yet

Correction may not be over yet

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 06, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Dow sheds 1,000 points, Japan stocks rebound

Dow sheds 1,000 points, Japan stocks rebound

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: Dow sheds 1,000 points

CNBC Daily Open: Dow sheds 1,000 points

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the closing bell in New York City on August 5, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything … Read more

San Francisco Fed President Daly sees interest rate cuts coming as labor market weakens

San Francisco Fed President Daly sees interest rate cuts coming as labor market weakens

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.  Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Monday said she expects that interest rates will be … Read more