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December Pending Home Sales Fall 4.9% As Supply Hits A Record Low

Pending home sales, which measure signed contracts, not closings, dropped 4.9% in December compared with November, as th... Read more

Trump Says The Fed Should Cut Rates So The US Can Pay Down Its $23 Trillion Debt

In a tweet Tuesday morning, the president again said the central bank should cut its key lending rate so it's more in li... Read more

Home Price Gains Continued To Heat Up In November, With Phoenix, Charlotte And Tampa Leading The Way, S&P Case-Shiller Index Says

After cooling for much of last year, home price gains are accelerating again. Nationally, prices increased 3.5% annually... Read more

Consumer Confidence Jumps As Job-market Outlook Improves

Consumer confidence grew more than expected in January as the outlook around the labor market improved, data released Tu... Read more

US Core Capital Goods Orders Post Biggest Drop In 8 Months

New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods dropped by the most in eight months in December and shipments were weak, sugg... Read more

US New Home Sales Drop In December For The Third Straight Month

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly fell in December, likely held down by a shortage of more affordable h... Read more

Business Survey Suggests US Labor Market May Have Peaked

There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first t... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Increase Less Than Expected

First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 215,000 in the most recent week, up from the 20... Read more

Trump Says GDP Would Be Near 4% And The Dow Could Be 10,000 Points Higher If It Weren't For The Fed

The president has repeatedly taken the Fed and Chair Jerome Powell to task for aggressively raising rates. Read more

Trump Says He 'could Get Used To' Negative Interest Rates As He Knocks The Fed: 'Love That'

President Trump touted at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the use of negative interest rates to bolster ... Read more

Trump At Davos Urges Countries To 'put Their Own Citizens First' As He Touts US Economic Success

Hours before his impeachment trial was set to begin in earnest back home, Trump touted his "America First" agenda to wor... Read more

White House Top Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow Says Economic Growth Will Beat 3% This Year

President Trump's top economic advisor said GDP growth in the U.S. should hit at least 3% in 2020. Read more

US Housing Starts Soar 16.9% In December To A 13-year High

U.S. homebuilding surged in December as activity increased across the board, suggesting the housing market recovery was ... Read more

Manufacturers To Spend $26.2 Billion On 'upskilling' In 2020 To Attract And Keep Workers

With a skills gap plaguing manufacturing, companies are spending big to train their current workforce and ensure a pipel... Read more

US Manufacturing Output Rises Unexpectedly

U.S. manufacturing output rose unexpectedly in December as a drop in motor vehicle output was outpaced by increases in p... Read more