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Don’t Be Surprised if Trump Starts Attacking the Fed
Interest rates are heading down. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of this…
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Business
Major French Retailer Drops PepsiCo Products Over High Prices
Carrefour, a supermarket chain, said the maker of Pepsi, Lay’s and 7-Up was keeping its food “unacceptably” expensive despite falling…
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World
Want to Understand 2024? Look at 1948.
Americans were angry with Truman because of high prices in the aftermath of World War II, even as other economic…
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Business
11 Charts That Explain the Year in Business, Technology and the Economy
It has been a confusing year for the economy and markets. At the start of 2023, economists largely predicted a…
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A Christmas Gift From the Bond Market
It’s been a strange few days on the Donald Trump front: He said something about himself that I actually believe…
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Business
U.K. Inflation Unexpectedly Cools to 3.9 Percent, Lowest in 2 Years
The News A streak of unexpectedly good news on inflation has continued in Britain, as the annual rate of price…
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Business
Bank of England Keeps Rates Steady, Seeing ‘Some Way to Go’ on Inflation
The British economy has showed signs of slowing down, with inflation dropping below 5 percent in October, but the bank…
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Business
Gas Prices Are Falling, Hitting Their Lowest Level in Almost a Year
In the fight to bring down inflation, the falling price of gasoline stands out, even if Federal Reserve policy has…
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World
By the Numbers: How Schools Struggled During the Pandemic
The News The federal Education Department released a new trove of data on Wednesday from the 2020-2021 school year, the…
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Business
The Bond Market, a Sleeping Giant, Awakes
Soaring interest rates have the power to alter the direction of the economy and command the attention of Washington, our…