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A man walks past a “now hiring” sign posted outside of a restaurant in Arlington, Virginia on June 3, 2022. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. jobs market is still on fire, no matter how much effort policymakers put into cooling it off. Despite a series of interest rate hikes aimed specifically

There were about half a million fewer job openings in May than the previous month, providing at least a modest sign that the ultra-tight labor market could be loosening a bit, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The closely watched Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed that listings fell to 9.82 million, down 496,000 from

Sunak has reiterated his “total support” for the Bank of England and under fire Governor Andrew Bailey. STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — In January, with one eye on a critical general election in 2024, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to halve inflation by the end of the year. At the time, headline

Inflation pressures eased slightly in May as consumer spending slowed considerably, according to a Commerce Department report released Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, a number closely watched by the Federal Reserve, increased 0.3% for the month when excluding food and energy, a number that was in line with the Dow Jones estimate. So-called

Pixelcatchers | E+ | Getty Images It’s not an easy time to be a small business in search of financing. For LGBTQ owners, the struggle has been even harder. LGBTQ-owned businesses reported more rejections than non-LGBTQ businesses that applied for funding, according to a 2022 report from Movement Advancement Project, a nonprofit think tank that

David Leal installs a tailpipe on a vehicle at Muffler Pros on April 12, 2023 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. economy showed much stronger-than-expected growth in the first quarter than previously thought, according to a big upward revision Thursday from the Commerce Department. Gross domestic product increased at a 2%

Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), spoke to CNBC at the ECB Forum in Portugal. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Major central banks will have to keep interest rates high for much longer than some investors expect, Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, told

Hong Kong observation wheel, and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, HSBC building, Victoria harbor, Hong Kong, China. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The U.S. will enter a downturn in the fourth quarter, followed by a “year of contraction and a European recession in 2024,” according to HSBC Asset Management. In its

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell departs after speaking during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2023.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve plans to keep hiking interest rates to stem inflation, which means an increase in

Fresh PMI data came in below expectations and pointed to an economic slowdown. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Business activity growth in Europe slowed in June, pointing to a difficult end to the second quarter, according to preliminary data Friday. The euro zone’s flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index dropped to 50.3 in June from

Dollar, yuan, yen and euro notes. Ullstein Bild Dtl. | Ullstein Bild | Getty Images From hawkish pauses to rate hikes and dovish tones, the world’s biggest central banks last week struck very different tones on monetary policy. The European Central Bank on Thursday hiked rates and surprised markets with a worsening inflation outlook, which

A member of the public walks through heavy rain near the Bank of England in May 2023. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England is “caught between a rock and a hard place” as it prepares for a key monetary policy decision against a backdrop of sticky

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Houses pictured on 8th June 2023 in Halifax, United Kingdom. U.K. borrowers are facing sharply higher mortgage costs. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. borrowers are facing a cliff edge that could damage the economy as rising mortgage costs hit deal renewals and the number of products available shrinks, experts

Shell gas station prices are seen on May 30, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Consumers are growing more optimistic that inflation is on the way down, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday. The central bank’s monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations for May showed one-year inflation expectations down

The inflation rate cooled in May to its lowest annual rate in about two years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The consumer price index, which measures changes in a multitude of goods and services, increased just 0.1% for the month, bringing the annual level down to 4%. That 12-month increase was the smallest since March

The U.K. Treasury building. Matthew Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. borrowing costs, as measured by the yield on short-dated government bonds, rose above levels last seen following Britain’s market-destabilizing “mini-budget” after labor market data showed rising wage growth on Tuesday. The yield on two-year gilts hit 4.754% at 10:13 a.m. London