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CNBC’s Sara Eisen: The Market Likes Trump, 'A Lot of Upbeat Sentiment"
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (205+ words) Thursday on ABC's "The View,CNBC host Sara Eisen said the stock market liked President Donald Trump, which is causing "a lot of upbeat sentiment from companies. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, "I do want to ask you about the market,…...
Mortgage Rates Fall Below 6% For First Time Since 2022
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (178+ words) Mortgage rates fell below six percent this week, the lowest since September 2022. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage this week was 5.98 percent, the first time the average rate has dropped into the five percent range in nearly three…...
Breitbart Business Digest: State of the Union — Inflation Crushed and Real Wages Soaring
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (461+ words) The Inflation Victory Lap Economists Said Trump Couldn't Take President Trump led off his State of the Union speech by addressing the state of the economy, highlighting the progress on bringing down inflation after the Biden-Powell surge that undermined America's…...
Fact Check: Trump Says Core Inflation Fell to 1.7% In Last Quarter of 2025
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (271+ words) Claim: President Trump said on Tuesday night that the core inflation rate had fallen to 1.7 percent in the last three months of 2025. Using the standard three-month annualized measure of inflation based on the seasonally adjusted core consumer price index (CPI-U…...
Consumer Confidence Rises As More Americans See Plentiful Jobs
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (312+ words) Consumer confidence improved in February as more Americans reported plentiful job opportunities and grew less pessimistic about the economic outlook, according to data released Tuesday by the Conference Board. The share of consumers saying jobs are plentiful climbed to 28 percent,…...
Breitbart Business Digest: The New Anti-Tariff 'Proof' Paper Isn’t What It Seems
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (418+ words) The Anti-Tariff Paper Everyone's Citing'and What It Doesn't Really Show Well, here we go again. A new NBER working paper is being promoted as making a decisive case against tariffs. While the controversial New York Fed study claimed that recent…...
Khanna: Importers May Have Reduced Prices to Factor in Tariffs, 'Penalty Was Paid by the Consumers"
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (219+ words) On Monday's broadcast of MS NOW's "The Weeknight," Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) discussed tariffs and said that "the importers may have reduced the price to factor in the tariff. So, those companies may not have actually been penalized. The penalty…...
What 'Affordability' Crisis? Anti-Trumpers Root Against New Tariff Revenue for USA
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (113+ words) Friday on the "Alex Marlow Show," host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed tariffs. Marlow said, "So the people who hate our country are going to root for us to give back the $175 billion we've already collected. So, clearly, The…...
What Is a Balance-of-Payments Deficit?
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (276+ words) The balance of payments is a comprehensive record of all economic transactions between a nation and foreign countries. It includes trade in goods and services, income from overseas investments, cross-border financial flows such as purchases of stocks and bonds, and…...
U.S. Economic Growth Slowed in Fourth Quarter, Weighed Down By Government Shutdown
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (538+ words) The U.S. economy expanded at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the October-November government shutdown subtracting approximately one percentage point from growth, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis's advance estimate released Friday. Without the shutdown, the…...