In February, U.S. employers announced plans to cut 84,638 workers, 3 percent more than in January and 9 percent more than a year earlier, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported.
Tag: U.S. economy
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
As we note just about every week, the “Bigs” keep getting bigger and the rich keep getting richer, while the average person—the plantation workers of Slavelandia—keeps getting poorer.
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TOP TREND 2024: BANKS GO BUST
Four private equity firms have together spent a reported $1.05 billion to buy stock in the ailing New York Community Bancorp (NYCB).
And the number of U.S. banks showing problems soared from eight to 52 in last year’s final three months, the sharpest spike since…
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
After investing a decade and billions of dollars, Apple has ended its efforts to produce an electric vehicle (EV).
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TOP TREND 2024: BANKS GO BUST
Fears for the banking industry were aggravated on 1 March when New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) admitted that the bank’s executives had found “material weakness” in the way the company monitors and weighs risks in its loan portfolio.
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MACY’S WILL CLOSE 150 STORES IN OWNERSHIP FIGHT
Macy’s announced that revenues and profits in 2023’s last quarter were better than expected.
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SLUMPS
After feeling more positive through the first half of February, U.S. consumers took a darker view of the nation’s economy just before March.
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U.S. NATIONAL DEBT GROWING BY $1 TRILLION EVERY 100 DAYS
The U.S. national debt reached $34.4 trillion on 28 February and added its two most recent trillion-dollar increases in about 100 days each, CNBC reported.
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FED’S FAVORITE INFLATION MEASURE FALLS: WILL INTEREST RATES FALL?
The Personal Consumption Expenditures Index (PCE), the U.S. Federal Reserve’s most closely watched inflation indicator, slowed to an annual rate of 2.4 percent in January, matching analysts’ expectations and within a short reach of the central bank’s 2-percent overall inflation target.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
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