Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Markets now firmly expect a September interest rate cut in the U.S., but the Federal Reserve has a strong reason to hold … Read more
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Inflation decelerated again in June, bringing further relief to consumers’ wallets. The consumer price index rose 3% in June 2024 from June 2023, down from a … Read more
U.S. Treasury yields tumbled Thursday after the latest inflation data showed a dip last month, suggesting the Federal Reserve could start to lower interest rates this year. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell 7.4 basis points at 4.205%. The 2-year Treasury yield pulled back 11.9 basis points to 4.511%. Yields and prices move in … Read more
With hundreds of billions of dollars in new federal infrastructure spending under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, companies are eager to cash in. And states are scrambling for their piece of the pie. “We have funding that goes to projects that come from every state, city, … Read more
Not since the New Deal has the U.S. government poured this kind of money into rebuilding America’s infrastructure. Companies and states are clamoring for their piece of that federal jackpot. That helps explain why infrastructure is the major topic of conversation in economic development circles this year, and why it also looms large in CNBC’s … Read more
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Inflation fell further in June as lower gasoline prices combined with other easing price pressures to bring relief for consumers’ wallets. The consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, rose 3% in June from a year ago, down from 3.3% in May, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The … Read more
Downtown Richmond, Virginia, skyline on the James River. Sean Pavone | Istock | Getty Images With the nation’s best education system and policies that give companies room — both literally and figuratively — to grow, Virginia is America’s Top State for Business in 2024. This is the Old Dominion’s sixth time at the top of … Read more
There’s a 40% chance President Joe Biden will not seek reelection, according to Stifel. Brian Gardner, the firm’s chief Washington policy strategist, is out with a research note that calls it a “make or break week” for the president’s campaign as Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess. “There’s a 60% chance, more likely … Read more
Jobseekers attend the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair held at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on June 26, 2024. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The unemployment rate for women in white, Black and Hispanic racial groups rose in June in line with the overall trend, according to data released Friday by the Department … Read more
Treasury yields dropped on Friday as the latest U.S. jobs report showed an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell more than 6 basis points to 4.28%. The 2-year Treasury yield declined by nearly 8 basis points to 4.61%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions. One basis point … Read more
