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‘That Could Result in a Rate Hike as Soon as Next Week’: Schwab Strategist on Friday’s CPI
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (379+ words) D.R. Horton (DHI) and Lennar (LEN) have fallen 22% and 41% over the past year as surging mortgage rates crush homebuilder demand. Colin Martin warns a hotter-than-expected Friday CPI print could force the Fed to hike rates from 3.75% as soon as next week....
Gasoline pushes US monthly inflation higher ahead of Fed meeting
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (458+ words) US consumer prices rose 0.4% in August, up from July’s 0.1% increase, as more expensive gasoline added pressure to household budgets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision. The annual inflation rate held at 3.4%, according to figures released by the Bureau…...
Trump's only hope for fighting inflation will make him 'very angry': expert
58+ min ago (47+ words) An economist argued Saturday that President Donald Trump's only hope of lowering inflation before the midterms will likely make him very, very mad.Professor of economics Justin Wolfers, who writes the Platypus Economics Substack, made the assessment during an appearance…...
Why Bitcoin initially held its gain as rate traders put September hike odds at 85%
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (676+ words) Gasoline drove much of August's headline jump, but faster monthly core inflation kept Waller's warning alive. August’s inflation report left the Federal Reserve with a mixed signal: gasoline drove much of the headline increase, but monthly core inflation accelerated. That…...
Goldman Sachs Shifts to Rate-Hike Forecast; Bitcoin Below $80,000
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (24+ words) Goldman Sachs now expects rate hikes after sticky inflation; U.S. yields and dollar rise as Bitcoin stalls under $80,000 amid Fed policy uncertainty....
Fed rate hikes unlikely due to rising interest payments, political factors: analyst
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (83+ words) Estefano Gomez is an editor at Crypto Briefing specializing in blockchain analysis, DeFi, and the intersection of crypto and digital art. He previously served as Editor in Chief at Interesante for over three years, where he covered blockchain technology, NFTs,…...
Why the pound has shot up while UK economy is struggling – expert Q&A
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (668+ words) To help understand what’s going on and where the pound goes from here, we spoke to Ganesh Vishwanath-Natraj, assistant professor of finance at the University of Warwick. The Bank of England’s interest rate tightening is probably the key factor. Though…...
Rising energy costs may drive up US apparel prices amid Iran tensions, El Niño
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (77+ words) Estefano Gomez is an editor at Crypto Briefing specializing in blockchain analysis, DeFi, and the intersection of crypto and digital art. He previously served as Editor in Chief at Interesante for over three years, where he covered blockchain technology, NFTs,…...
What ROE Doesn't Tell You
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (548+ words) My first Python data project, and what it taught me about reading ratios like an analyst, not a spreadsheet. Before doing anything clever, I loaded the CSV with pandas and checked the basics: what columns existed, how many rows, what…...
Pound climbs after UK growth beats expectations, powered by AI and tech boom
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (339+ words) Britain's economy grew 0.4% in July when economists expected flat output, with artificial intelligence investments driving the surprise Flag of the United Kingdom / Wikimedia Commons (public domain) The British pound ticked higher after official data showed the UK economy grew 0.4% in…...