Friday’s jobs report for August is going to be huge. Here’s what to expect

Friday’s jobs report for August is going to be huge. Here’s what to expect

Andreypopov | Istock | Getty Images Wall Street is gearing up for one of the most important economic releases of the year Friday, when the Labor Department puts out a jobs report expected to go a long way in determining the future of Federal Reserve policy. The Wall Street consensus is for nonfarm payrolls growth … Read more

OPEC+ members delay plans to hike production by two months after oil price slump

OPEC+ members delay plans to hike production by two months after oil price slump

A general view of signage at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Feb. 29, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. Thomas Kronsteiner | Getty Images News | Getty Images Members of the OPEC+ oil alliance have delayed plans to hike production by a scheduled 180,000 barrels per day in October, as … Read more

Volvo Cars cuts margin aims after ditching electric vehicle target

Volvo Cars cuts margin aims after ditching electric vehicle target

A worker at a Volvo car store introduces the Volvo xc60 and other models via a live streaming in Shanghai, China, March 18, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Volvo Cars on Thursday scaled back its margin and revenue targets, after announcing it was no longer targeting 100% all-electric vehicle sales by 2030. … Read more

WTI rallies as OPEC+ delays production boost

WTI rallies as OPEC+ delays production boost

U.S. crude oil rallied 2% on Thursday to trade above $70 per barrel, as OPEC+ delays plans to boost production after prices tumbled this week. OPEC+ members have delayed a production hike of 180,000 barrels per day by two months, two sources told CNBC. The production increase was originally scheduled for October. “There’s a number … Read more

American Airlines adds new Europe flights for summer 2025

American Airlines adds new Europe flights for summer 2025

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, from American Airlines company, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on 24th February 2023.  JanValls | Nurphoto | Getty Images As social media feeds make their seasonal shift from the Parthenon to pumpkin patches, airlines are busy preparing for the 2025 Europe travel season, a bet that strong demand for international … Read more

Here are levels to buy Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia

Here are levels to buy Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia

Tech stocks are looking to stabilize following Tuesday’s brutal session and Wednesday’s modest hangover. With many names well off their highs and the market finally shaking its string of ten straight overbought sessions, we are looking for places to put some of our robust 10% cash position to work. Following Tuesday’s sell-off, we wrote about … Read more

Rate cuts need to start before inflation’s 2%

Rate cuts need to start before inflation’s 2%

A ‘Now Hiring’ sign posted on the window of a business looking to hire workers on May 05, 2023 in Miami, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | 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 … Read more

AeroVironment CEO calls drones ‘incredibly affordable’

AeroVironment CEO calls drones ‘incredibly affordable’

In a Wednesday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, AeroVironment CEO Wahid Nawabi reviewed the most recent quarter and suggested that the defense contractor’s drones were affordable compared to the competition. “Our drones are incredibly affordable relative to the drones that many of our adversaries design and build,” he said. “The effectiveness of our drones and … Read more

A big Fed rate cut this month could be very dangerous, economist warns

A big Fed rate cut this month could be very dangerous, economist warns

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces interest rates will remain unchanged during a news conference at the Federal Reserves’ William McChesney Martin Building in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2024. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images A deeper interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month could spook financial markets and send the wrong message … Read more

Can’t wait until 2% to start cutting rates

Can’t wait until 2% to start cutting rates

A “Now Hiring” sign is displayed on a storefront in Adams Morgan Neighborhood on October 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | 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, … Read more