Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that strong U.S. economic growth will allow policymakers to take their time in deciding how far and how fast to lower interest rates. “The economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates,” Powell said in remarks for a speech
97 | E+ | Getty Images As inflation has throttled back from pandemic-era highs, consumers have seen prices decline outright for many household items. This dynamic, known as deflation, generally doesn’t occur on a broad, sustained scale in the U.S. economy: With limited exceptions, businesses are generally loath to lower prices once they’ve increased, economists
State Drug Policy: Marijuana Legalization | Tax Foundation Skip to content Home • Blog • Momentum Slows for State Drug Legalization Policies via 2024 State Ballot Initiatives Drug policy was on the ballot in many states in 2024. Voters in Florida, North Carolina, and South Dakota considered legalizing recreational marijuana; voters in Nebraska had the
In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Disney+ website on a laptop computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Disney might be proving the world’s most famous investor wrong. Last year, Warren Buffett, “The Oracle of Omaha,”
Disney is back. After several quarters of cutting costs and revamping its streaming business, CEO Robert Iger’s turnaround plans is paying off: On Thursday, the entertainment giant reported strong quarterly earnings and a robust outlook for the coming year. Revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter totaled $22.57 billion, topping the $22.45 billion expected by analysts,
Pictured here is a Shanghai development under construction on Nov. 4, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s National Bureau of Statistics is scheduled Friday to release retail sales, industrial production and fixed-asset investment data for October. Retail sales are expected to have picked up to 3.8% year-on-year growth, according to
Thomas Jefferson, 1848/1879. Artist George Peter Alexander Healy. Heritage Images | Hulton Fine Art Collection | Getty Images In “All The Presidents’ Money,” author Megan Gorman takes readers into a side of U.S. presidents that is often overlooked: how they managed their own money. Gorman writes about commanders in chief who were obsessively frugal, and
In this article TPR CPRI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk past a Michael Kors store on August 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Capri and Tapestry called off their merger on Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission successfully sued to block the megadeal. The two U.S.-based luxury houses
In this article DIS CMCSA FOXA WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Scene from the FX series Shogun. Source: Disney | FX Disney has done the math on separating its TV networks business, and it appears too messy to be done — at least for now. The company’s Chief Financial Officer, Hugh Johnston, said
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler spoke this morning at the Practising Law Institute’s 56th annual conference on securities regulation. It sounded awfully
Shoppers walk past Burberry’s Shanghai store Kevin Lee | Getty Images LONDON — Burberry is aiming to win back shoppers and boost waning sales by refocusing on heritage designs and statement pieces under sweeping revamp plans designed to revive the luxury fashion house’s ailing fortunes. The “Burberry Forward” strategic overhaul, announced Thursday, intends to reconnect
Collectively, Americans now owe a record $1.17 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances rose by $24 billion in the third quarter of 2024 and are 8.1% higher than a year ago. Despite that increase, credit card delinquency
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