• September 6, 2024

US job growth seen picking up in August; unemployment rate easing to 4.2%

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely picked up in August, with the unemployment rate forecast to have dropped to 4.2%, which would offer more assurance that an orderly ...

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• September 6, 2024

Jobs report will help Federal Reserve decide how much to cut interest rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday's monthly jobs report will likely mark a pivotal moment for the economy and the Federal Reserve. If it shows that hiring was weak in August and that the unemployment rat...

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• September 5, 2024

Argentina analysts cut 2024 inflation forecast to nearly 123%

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's monthly inflation rate stood at 3.9% in August and is expected to close the year at an annualized rate of nearly 123%, according to analysts surveyed by the cent...

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• September 5, 2024

Trump suggests tariffs can help solve rising child care costs in a major economic speech

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump suggested to business leaders Thursday that his plans to increase tariffs on foreign imports would solve seemingly unrelated challenges such as the ri...

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• September 5, 2024

Deutsche Bank CEO urges Germans to work harder to pull the country out of its economic lull

What Germans really need to do is work harder, according to Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing. “Let’s just go back to working as hard as the EU average,” he said at a Frankfurt conference on Wed...

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• September 5, 2024

Britain needs extra $1.3 trillion investment for economic growth, report says

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs an additional one trillion pounds ($1.3 trillion) in investment in the next decade to grow the economy, a report said on Friday. New British Prime Minister Keir S...

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• September 5, 2024

Paulson Sees Fed Cutting Rates to as Low as 2.5% by End of 2025

(Bloomberg) -- Billionaire John Paulson said the Federal Reserve has waited too long to cut interest rates and expects the central bank to lower them in the months ahead. By the end of next year,...

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• September 5, 2024

Airlines and Other Oil Buyers Jump on Chance to Lock In Prices

(Bloomberg) -- Airlines and other oil consumers are taking advantage of crude’s slump to the lowest level in a year to buy some protection against a rebound in prices. They are piling in to optio...

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• September 5, 2024

Fed seeks feedback on emergency lending operations

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Thursday it was seeking feedback on how it operates its "discount window," which is intended to provide emergency lending to b...

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• September 5, 2024

Trump Vows 15% Corporate Tax and Taps Musk for Federal Audit

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump pledged to cut the corporate tax rate, slash regulations and audit the federal government, embracing an idea proposed by billionaire backer Elon Musk, as he pitched his a...

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