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US Retail Sales Rose More Than Expected In August As Auto Buying Jumped

U.S. retail sales were expected to climb 0.2% in August, after rising 0.7% a month earlier. Read more

'No Strategy,' 'erratic,' 'haphazard': Democrats Pile On Trump Over China Trade War

The 10 Democratic candidates in the Houston debate portrayed Trump as impulsive with little plan to win a trade war with... Read more

US Consumer Prices Rise A Slight 0.1% In August

Consumer prices slowed in August, rising by a slight 0.1%, reflecting a big drop in the cost of gasoline and other energ... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Drop To Five-month Low

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell to a five-month low last week. Read more

Mnuchin Says Trump Could Do A China Trade Pact At Any Time, But Wants A 'good' Deal For US Workers

But Mnuchin tells CNBC Trump still has all options available to him, including raising taxes on imports from China. Read more

China Wants A Two-track Approach To The Trade Talks, WSJ Reports

China wants to draw a line between talks about trade and other foreign affairs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thur... Read more

Trump's Approval On The Economy Slides As Recession Fears Grow

Approval of Trump's handling of the economy has started to slip as fears about a recession crept into financial markets ... Read more

US Producer Prices Unexpectedly Rise In August

U.S. producer prices unexpectedly rose in August and underlying producer prices rebounded. Read more

Weekly Mortgage Applications Rise As Buyer's Market Takes Hold

Homebuyers are taking advantage of lower mortgage rates and a slow summer for sellers, and that is driving mortgage appl... Read more

Trump Says Fed 'boneheads' Should Cut Interest Rates To Zero 'or Less,' US Should Refinance Debt

President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued his verbal assault on the Federal Reserve, who he blames for slowing the e... Read more

US Job Openings Decline For Second Straight Month

U.S. job openings fell for a second straight month in July amid decreases in wholesale trade and the federal government,... Read more

Amazon Is Hiring Over 30,000 Workers In These 6 US Cities

Amazon Career Day is coming Tuesday, Sept. 17. Read more

Peter Navarro Says He's Certain House Democrats Will Approve USMCA By Year's End

President Donald Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro Read more

Real US Debt Levels Could Be 2,000% Of Economy, A Wall Street Report Suggests

Putting all that together paints a daunting picture but one that requires nuance to understand. Read more

August Jobs Miss Expectations — Cramer And Other Experts On What This Means

It was a softer August job market than anticipated. CNBC's Jim Cramer and other experts lay out what it means for the Fe... Read more