CNBC Daily Open: Recession concerns still linger

CNBC Daily Open: Recession concerns still linger

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters 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. … Read more

Fed Governor Waller says inflation softening faster than he expected put him in half-point-cut camp

Fed Governor Waller says inflation softening faster than he expected put him in half-point-cut camp

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday he supported a half percentage point rate cut at this week’s meeting because inflation is falling even faster than he had expected. Citing recent data on consumer and producer prices, Waller told CNBC that the data is showing core inflation, excluding food and energy, in the Fed’s preferred … Read more

Markets have finally processed the good news

Markets have finally processed the good news

The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | 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 matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

Biden Fed Jay Powell meeting Oval Office

Biden Fed Jay Powell meeting Oval Office

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell (left) meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on May 31, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday said he had “never once spoken” to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell while he was president. But the pair, joined by Treasury … Read more

The Fed has set out on a ‘recalibration’ of policy. Here’s what Powell’s new buzzword means

The Fed has set out on a ‘recalibration’ of policy. Here’s what Powell’s new buzzword means

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has unveiled his latest buzzword to describe monetary policy, with a “recalibration” of policy at a pivotal moment for the central bank. At his news conference following Wednesday’s open market committee meeting, Powell used variations of the word no fewer than eight times as he sought to explain why the … Read more

Factors to consider before refinancing a loan, according to experts

Factors to consider before refinancing a loan, according to experts

Moyo Studio | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve announced a half percentage point, or 50 basis points, interest rate cut at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday. And, naturally, some Americans will want to make the most of the central bank’s first rate cut since the early days of the Covid pandemic. … Read more

August home sales drop more than expected, as prices set a new record

August home sales drop more than expected, as prices set a new record

Sales of previously owned homes fell 2.5% in August from July, to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 3.86 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is slightly lower than what analysts expected. Sales were 4.2% lower than August 2023. It marks three straight months of sales below the 4 million mark, … Read more

Bank of England holds interest rates steady after August cut

Bank of England holds interest rates steady after August cut

Commuters cycles past the Bank of England (BOE), left, in the City of London, UK, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s interest rate decision is scheduled for release on Sept. 19.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday said it would hold interest … Read more

Markets need time to digest the 50-point cut

Markets need time to digest the 50-point cut

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

Markets seemed taken aback by the 50-point cut

Markets seemed taken aback by the 50-point cut

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our … Read more