Wall Street is divided over whether immigration is behind US hiring slowdown todayheadline
Wall Street economists disagree on what’s behind a sharp slowdown in US job growth, highlighting a divide that is central ...
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Trump’s jobs bloodbath prompts a look back: He likes the good reports and treats the others as fake todayheadline
In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent weaker-than-expected numbers were ...
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Trump’s ‘Queen of Hearts’ moment with the BLS echoes Putin’s purges and Orwell’s omens todayheadline
The ancient Greek play “Antigone” by Sophocles warns that “no one loves the messenger who brings bad news” and “no ...
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Stock market today: Dow futures drop amid recession fears todayheadline
Markets were pointing toward another selloff Sunday evening after startling jobs data delivered a rude awakening to Wall Street bulls. ...
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Top economist warns the U.S. is ‘on the precipice of recession’ — and it will be hard for the Fed to come to the rescue todayheadline
The shocking jobs report on Friday wasn’t the only red flag. Indicators from the past week paint an overall picture ...
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Everyone’s watching Jerome Powell as warnings flash for the U.S. economy todayheadline
A surprisingly weak July employment report has intensified expectations that the Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates as soon ...
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Fed governor breaks ranks and says rate cuts could resume next month todayheadline
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that economic data could justify lower interest rates as early as next month, ...
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Trump hiring freeze threatens key economic data as the Fed zeroes in on inflation todayheadline
The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring freeze, raising ...
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