Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell repeated his pledge Friday to keep the economic expansion going while acknowledging that tariffs and other factors are causing growth to slow. In his annual remarks at the central bank’s Jackson Hole symposium, Powell, while not saying specifically where thought rates should go, pledged that the Fed “will act as
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Customers walk with Foot Locker shopping bags on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Apple, Nvidia, Broadcom, Caterpillar — Shares of the tech companies, along with Caterpillar, all traded lower after President Donald Trump tweeted that
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said Friday that the global economy has deteriorated in the past month. “Obviously, the global economy has worsened since our July meeting,” Clarida told CNBC’s Steve Liesman on Friday from the Fed’s economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “The global economy is slowing and there’s powerful disinflationary pressures.”
The final week of August — the bittersweet end of summer for many— could be highly volatile, as markets fret over the economy and the latest developments in trade wars. President Donald Trump joins the G-7 leaders in France over the weekend, and markets will be watching to see if the meeting exposes new fault
The latest escalation in the trade war between the U.S. and China increases odds the U.S. economy will fall into recession— and that the Federal Reserve will try to stop it with more aggressive interest rate cuts. President Donald Trump called on U.S. companies Friday to find alternatives to China, following a new round of
Loretta Mester at Jackson Hole, August 25, 2017. Jodi Gralnick | CNBC Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester believes that if the U.S. economy continues to grow at its current pace, she’s unlikely to support further reductions to interest rates. “At this point, if the economy continues where it is, I would probably say we should
Kuni Takahashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Gap slid as much as 7% before settling around 1% lower in extended trading after the retailer posted second-quarter sales that missed estimates. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of 63 cents on revenue of $4.01
Robert Kaplan at Jackson Hole, Wyoming David A. Grogan | CNBC Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan would like to avoid additional stimulus but is keeping an “open mind.” “I’d like to avoid having to take further action but I think I’m going to have an open mind about taking action over the next number of
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Dick’s Sporting Goods – The sporting goods retailer earned $1.26 per share for the second quarter, 5 cents a share above estimates. Revenue also beat forecasts. Comparable-store sales rose 3.2%, compared to a consensus forecast of 1% from analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Dick’s also raised its