US Weekly Jobless Claims Jump To A Near One-and-a-half Year High
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits surged to near a 1-1/2-year high last week, which ... Read more
China And US Discussing Trump-Xi Trade Meeting, But Optics Among Sticking Points
U.S. and Chinese officials are discussing a potential meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to take pla... Read more
DoubleLine CEO Gundlach Says Fed's Powell Is 'caving To The Stock Market'
Fragile equity markets forced Fed Chair Jerome Powell to pledge that the U.S. central bank will be patient with future i... Read more
Time Is Running Out For The US-China Trade Talks — But American Firms Still Have Big Questions
Despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressing optimism that "significant progress" can be achieved in this w... Read more
Watch The Context Summits' Global Economics Panel
The panel, which will be moderated by Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohammed El-Erian, will discuss emerging trends and... Read more
December Pending Home Sales Drop To Lowest Point In Five Years, Despite Much Lower Interest Rates
House hunters signed 2.2 percent fewer contracts to buy existing homes in December, according to the National Associatio... Read more
Private Companies Add 213,000 Jobs In January, Easily Topping Expectations: ADP/Moody's Analytics
Private payrolls grew in January at a much faster pace than expected as the labor market shrugged off the longest U.S. g... Read more
Fed Is Likely To Hold Rates Steady As It Navigates Data Blind Spots
In the six weeks since a confident U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates in response to a "strong" U.S. economy, co... Read more
Drop In Mortgage Applications Proves Just How Rate-sensitive Today's Borrowers Are
After falling for two weeks, mortgage interest rates turned ever so slightly higher last week, and that apparently turne... Read more
US And China Face Deep Trade, IP Differences In Today's High-level Talks
The United States and China launch a critical round of trade talks on Wednesday amid deep differences over Washington's ... Read more