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Fact Check Team: How does this year's economy compare with 2024?
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (429+ words) Thursday, October 15th, 2026 — Inflation has accelerated since September 2024, while Americans continue to express widespread concern about the costs of groceries, housing, and health care. As voters prepare to head to the polls for the 2026 midterm elections, the economy remains a central…...
Producer prices see largest rise in four years: BLS
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (389+ words) by Max Rego 10/15/26 10:03 AM ET Producer prices rose by 1.3 percent from August to September, the largest jump in more than four years, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). September’s increase, as measured by the producer price…...
Holiday toy prices surge as tariffs, war-driven energy costs squeeze shoppers
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (553+ words) NEW YORK - Cash-strapped U.S. consumers are facing tighter shopping budgets this holiday season as tariffs and elevated energy costs drive up prices. Overall inflation is rising gradually, but toy prices have climbed sharply, increasing 6.6% over the past year, according to the…...
Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) Starts New Optical Connectivity Standards Group
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (425+ words) Credo Technology Group Holding (NasdaqGS:CRDO) launched a new Short-Reach Micro-Emitter Optics workstream within the Open Compute Project to develop an optical connectivity standard. The SRMO Workstream is backed by multiple industry participants that are seeking common specifications for high-speed,…...
US consumers are muscling through higher prices, but for how long?
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (700+ words) A slew of economic data Thursday showed that inflation accelerated last month as more expensive oil and gas began to lift prices in other parts of the economy, including shipping and warehousing, before the increases reach most Americans. Wholesale food…...
Producer prices surge at fastest pace since 2022, adding pressure on Fed
20+ min ago (364+ words) Soaring energy costs accounted for much of the leap in producer prices, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As with consumer prices, the soaring cost of energy accounted for much of the leap in producer prices. Prices for final…...
Market Brief: Retail Sales Beat Expectations, but Higher Gas Prices Mask Consumer Weakness
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (590+ words) Active managers who briefly looked like they might finally have their moment earlier this year are once again confronting a familiar problem Market Brief: Retail Sales Beat Expectations, but Higher Gas Prices Mask Consumer Weakness U.S. retail sales increased 0.8% in September,…...
US Retirees to Get Another $75 a Month for 2027 Social Security
1+ day, 55+ min ago (315+ words) Monthly checks for nearly 72 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits will increase by 3.6% in 2027, the most in four years. The cost-of-living adjustment, known as COLA, will apply to Social Security benefits starting in January and increase the average benefit for…...
UK Drop-In: The Autumn Budget preview - what to expect, and what it means for markets
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (238+ words) John Healey's first Budget is being watched closely as a statement of intent for the Burnham government. But intent has to be funded, and it comes at a moment when markets are already nervous about the path of government borrowing....
Is Mexico’s economy really that weak?
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (123+ words) Concerns about soft activity partly explain the dovish tilt by Mexican policymakers shown in the latest Banxico minutes, but this downbeat view looks hard to square with the recent improvement in the latest data and an easing drag from fiscal…...