Tag: Interest Rates

Biden budget proposal

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Biden’s deficit attention disorder

J.T. Young · March 8, 2024 9:44 am

In this June 23, 2014 photo, job seekers wait in line to meet with recruiters during a job fair in Philadelphia. The government issues the July jobs report on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Economy beats expectations with 275,000 jobs in February

Zach Halaschak · March 8, 2024 8:32 am

Beltway Confidential

Bidenomics strikes again: Credit scores fall for first time in decades

Conn Carroll · March 7, 2024 4:14 pm

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates

James Rogan · March 7, 2024 6:00 am

Gold prices have hit a record high.

Gold futures close at record high

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2024 4:47 pm

In this Thursday, July 17, 2014 photo construction workers build a commercial complex in Springfield, Ill. The state jobless rate has dropped for four straight months and is at its lowest point since October 2008. Illinois has lagged the country as a whole in its recovery from recession, and the state's unemployment rate has been among the worst in the country for months. Thursday's report provides signs that Illinois may be starting to catch up. Construction companies added 3,500 jobs in June, an increase of 1.8 percent. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

GDP growth rate revised down slightly to still-strong 3.2% for fourth quarter of 2023

Zach Halaschak · February 28, 2024 8:32 am

Business economists now overwhelmingly expect a ‘soft landing’ this year

Zach Halaschak · February 26, 2024 12:01 am

Mortgage demand fell last week as mortgage rates rose. FILE- In this Feb. 20, 2019, file photo a coming soon for sale sign sits in front of a home in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas. On Tuesday, March 26, the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for January is released.

Mortgage demand tanks as mortgage rates rise past 7% again

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2024 10:54 am

Inflation proving stickier than expected has dashed hopes for quick Fed rate cuts

Zach Halaschak · February 18, 2024 4:00 am

Wholesale inflation A shopper pushes his cart past a display of packaged meat in a grocery store in southeast Denver. Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy's inflationary pressures cooled last month.

Inflation comes in hotter than expected at 0.9% in January in producer price index

Zach Halaschak · February 16, 2024 8:35 am

After years of running low, inflation has picked up in recent months. (iStock)

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Why the inflation numbers are a head fake

James Rogan · February 13, 2024 3:55 pm

Finance and Economy

Inflation dropped to 3.1% in January but still hotter than expected

Zach Halaschak · February 13, 2024 8:33 am