Data: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, St. Louis Federal Reserve; Chart: Axios Visuals Traffic fatalities continue to increase and distracted driving is one of the main reasons, according to the ...

Behind the gradual and relatively small rise in the U.S. unemployment rate in recent years are a couple of less-closely followed labor market indicators that are flashing yellow for recession risk, ...

Preferred stocks dropped recently due to inflation fears & panic selling. Learn how rate cuts & inflation fears create ...

Wall Street’s bulls and bears experienced one of the more turbulent weeks for the U.S. stock market for quite some time. However, by the end of the week, the S&P 500 ( SPX) closed at 5,371.96, up ...

Officials at the Federal Reserve said this week that the U.S. economy is in for higher inflation and slower growth as ...

A new survey from the University of Michigan shows consumers souring sharply on the economic outlook as the trade war heats ...

St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Musalem said on Friday he's closely watching whether a rise in short-term ...

However, it remains above the Federal Reserve's target. The central bank aims for an annual rate around 2% over the long term ...

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prompting an aggressive federal funds rate hike. Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free » The Fed started reversing that policy ...

The inflation surge in 2022 is a good example of this policy in action; the CPI hit a 40-year high of 8% that year, prompting an aggressive federal funds rate hike. The Fed started reversing that ...

if inflation expectations increase, and bond yields rise, then the price of shorter-term bonds would fall by a smaller amount than would longer-term bonds.” With the Fed starting to cut rates in ...