Applications for US unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest since May as southeastern states continued to ...

On top of a hotter-than-expected inflation print, weekly jobless claims ... As shown in the second chart below, claims have generally followed the usual seasonal track this year with declines ...

(Graph at St. Louis FRED) Against very strong comparisons last year, both measures of new jobless claims turned slightly higher YoY two weeks ago and so changed from positive to neutral.

As the chart below shows, the most recent cyclical trough was just a couple of weeks ago, at 231,250. So we could still be a way from the peak. (Four-week moving average, US jobless claims ...

In his third campaign for the nation's top office, former President Donald Trump's closing messages have run the gamut, ...

Last week, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.2%, bringing annual inflation to 2.4%, both 0.1 percentage points higher than expected. Initial unemployment claims also unexpectedly ...

A continued downward move in volatility levels persisted on Thursday as Wall Street's benchmark averages (COMP:IND) (SP500) ...

Here is a chart ... two-year period; however, the Bureau of Labor Statistics continually runs these surveys and compiles and publishes CPI data by geographical area on a monthly basis ...

A line chart titled "US unemployment claims" that tracks the metric over ... Claims jumped to more than a one-year high in the prior week, which was attributed to Helene. The storm devastated ...

US Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended October 11 also ... share as the struggling chipmaker battles back from a multi-year low. Travelers Companies (TRV) surged 8% on Thursday, climbing ...

Regarding prices, the Fed doesn't need inflation to be at 2%YoY to allow further rate cuts. it just has to be confident that ...

But Germany's ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister Christian Lindner ...