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US economy

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    US inflation
    US inflation fell to 2.4% in September

    Figures for headline and core rates marginally surpass expectations

    Line chart showing US inflation over the past five years
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    US Election Countdown
    Battle for Latino voters intensifies amid population’s shift right

    Also in today’s newsletter, a look at Google’s future after election day and voters feel inflation pain in Michigan

    A sign says that poll workers speak Spanish at a polling station in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Global Economy
    Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

    Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Checking out of Hotel California

    Why is the Golden State shedding companies?

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    How value chains survived the great inflation without state help

    One-off supply-demand mismatches during the Covid shock don’t justify widespread government intervention

    Aerial view of truck with trailers a port
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump pledges to end double taxation for expat Americans

    Measure aims to attract voters based overseas ahead of knife-edge election

    A montage with Donald Trump
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    Fed officials were divided over big rate cut in September

    Minutes from meeting showed some dispute about how quickly to reduce borrowing costs

    A man walks past the Federal Reserve in Washington
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    The data says the US economy is strong. Swing-state voters disagree

    High costs are a threat to Kamala Harris’s hopes of winning Michigan, a crucial election battleground

    A montage showing industrial machinery, a line graph, American and Trump flags and a blue background
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    US Treasury bonds
    Treasury market volatility surges as investors rethink interest rate bets

    Bond traders brace for inflation data on Thursday after jobs figures smashed expectations

    A trader examines multiple computer screens displaying financial charts and data
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Janan Ganesh
    US foreign policy is too volatile to lead the world

    The swings between Democratic and Republican presidents weren’t so wild in America’s heyday

    Illustration of a cutout picture of the US bald eagle in flight. There are tears in both wings and its been stuck to the wall with a piece or red tape on one wing and blue tape on the other
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    Inflation and consumer sentiment Premium content

    Plus bad food stocks, and more on the jobs report

    A customer looks at refrigerated items at a grocery store in California
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Markets InsightBurton Malkiel
    How the US should reform taxes

    Many proposals coming from both political parties make little sense and would upend the principles of a fair and efficient system

    A hand putting US money tips on to a tray
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    Trump’s trade policies would hurt the world

    His new suggestions would have a far bigger impact than the relatively modest ‘starter protectionism’ of his first term

    James Ferguson illustration of Trump standing on a sinking rusty freight ship, anchored by a chain of tariff, looking into the distance with a telescope
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    US consumers leave Europeans in their wake Premium content

    What lies behind the remarkable post-pandemic US consumption recovery?

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  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    Overreaction watch, no-landing edition Premium content

    And the sukuk market

    A montage of the Manhattan skyline with dollar bills in the background
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Economists Exchange
    John Williams: ‘I don’t want to see the economy weaken’

    The New York Federal Reserve president on the battle to tame inflation

    Economist exchange illustration of Colby Smith, left, and John Williams
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    InterviewJohn C. Williams
    Top Fed official says US economy ‘well positioned’ for soft landing

    New York Fed president John Williams signals support for quarter-point interest rate cuts

    John Williams speaks at an event in Washington
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Chris Miller
    Exploding pagers and spy chips: the rising risk of hardware tampering

    Unreliable suppliers can modify devices, yet companies devote few resources to verifying the origin of components

    The remains of exploded pagers
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Markets InsightRebecca Patterson
    Is the dollar’s decline already over?

    Strong US jobs data is likely to add to other forces to keep the currency strong

    US dollar notes being put in packaging bands by a machine
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    McDonald's Corp
    McDonald’s accuses meatpackers of price-fixing in lawsuit over beef costs

    Case pits the world’s largest burger chain against Cargill, JBS, National Beef and Tyson Foods

    A McDonald’s restaurant in SoHo in New York City
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Adam Tooze
    The old US economic policy is dying and the new cannot be born

    Industrial rivalry and tensions with China frame a confused debate about the pressures of globalisation

    An employee wearing a cleanroom suit walks beneath Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) vehicle robots moving along tracks on the ceiling inside the GlobalFoundries semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York,
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    The jobs report was a relief, not a revelation Premium content

    And rising long yields

  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump would raise US debt by twice as much as Harris, report finds

    Non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns of heightened risk of ‘an eventual fiscal crisis’

    Donald Trump dances onstage during a campaign rally. A separate photo shows vice-president Kamala Harris exiting Air Force Two
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Rana Foroohar
    The perils of America’s chips strategy

    Progress has been made at home, but what comes next abroad will make a big difference

    Cartoon figures lay circuitry on a computer motherboard that resembles the America flag
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Global Economy
    Anxious Europeans hoard savings as US consumers boost global economy

    Eurozone household sentiment diverges from American counterparts, whose buoyant spending is fuelling growth

    Shoppers on 5th Avenue in New York
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