Economy

Container freight rates, which soared to record prices at the height of the pandemic, have been falling rapidly and container shipments on routes between Asia and the U.S. have also plunged, logistics data shows. Anucha Sirivisansuwan | Moment | Getty Images After two years of port congestions and container shortages, disruptions are now easing as

Customers shop at the GU Co. store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York, US, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumer spending was flat in September as prices moved sharply higher and the Federal Reserve implemented higher interest rates to slow the economy, according to government figures released

Prices consumers pay for a wide variety of goods and services rose more than expected in September as inflation pressures continued to weigh on the U.S. economy. The consumer price index increased 0.4% for the month, more than the 0.3% Dow Jones estimate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a 12-month basis, so-called

Wholesale prices rose more than expected in September despite Federal Reserve efforts to control inflation, according to a report Wednesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The producer price index, a measure of prices that U.S. businesses get for the goods and services they produce, increased 0.4% for the month, compared with the Dow Jones

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks after he was named among three U.S. economists awarded the 2022 Nobel Economics Prize, during a news conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington, October 10, 2022. Ken Cedeno | Reuters U.S.-based economists Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded the Nobel prize in economic sciences

A gasoline nozzle pumps gas into a vehicle in Los Angeles, California on August 23, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Inflation expectations and the outlook for household spending growth fell sharply in September as the Federal Reserve’s rate increases take hold in the U.S. economy. Consumers expect the inflation rate a

Dimon said in June that he was preparing the bank for an economic “hurricane” caused by the Federal Reserve and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that the U.S. should forge ahead in pumping more oil and gas to help alleviate the global

Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO, and CIO of ARK Invest, speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 2, 2022. David Swanson | Reuters The Federal Reserve likely is making a mistake in its hard-line stance against inflation Ark Investment Management’s Cathie Wood said Monday in an open letter to the

Heidi Gutman | CNBC Ahead of the release of the latest consumer price index reading this week, Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian told CBS’ “Face The Nation” Sunday that he predicts headline inflation “will probably come down to about 8%,” but that core inflation “is still going up.” Core inflation is what measures the

Job growth fell just short of expectations in September and the unemployment rate declined despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to slow the economy, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased 263,000 for the month, compared with the Dow Jones estimate of 275,000. The unemployment rate was 3.5% versus the forecast of 3.7% as

Job growth remained strong overall in September, but declines in several sectors led to a slowdown compared to hot readings during the summer. Leisure and hospitality was the standout sector, growing by 83,000 jobs. The sector has been consistently adding jobs since the Covid restrictions in 2020 shuttered many bars and restaurants. However, the sector

A “Now Hiring” sign is displayed during a job fair for Hispanic professionals in Miami, Florida. Marco Bello | Bloomberg | Getty Images The unemployment rate among Hispanic workers dropped sharply in September, but that could be due to fewer eligible adults looking for a job. Hispanic workers saw their unemployment rate fall to 3.8%

The Go! Go! Curry restaurant has a sign in the window reading “We Are Hiring” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 8, 2022. Brian Snyder | Reuters September’s jobs report provided both assurance that the jobs market remains strong and that the Federal Reserve will have to do more to slow it down. The 263,000 gain in

The U.S. Federal Reserve has been raising rates too quickly, and recession risks will be “extremely” high if it continues to do so, said Jeremy Siegel, professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “They should have started tightening much, much much earlier,” he told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on

A worker takes a panini sandwich off a grill at a restaurant in the Union Market district in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investors are closely watching the nonfarm payrolls report due out Friday, but not for the usual reasons. In normal times, strong job gains

U.K. mortgage rates have skyrocketed since Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget on Sept. 23, prompting banks to pull mortgage products threatening a deepen an expected housing market downturn. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images LONDON — There are growing fears of a housing market crash in the U.K., after a swathe of tax cuts announced by

The U.S. labor market showed strength in September, with private companies adding more jobs than expected, payroll services firm ADP reported Wednesday. Businesses added 208,000 for the month, better than the 200,000 Dow Jones estimate and ahead of the upwardly revised 185,000 in August. Those gains came even as goods-producing industries reported a loss of

The number of job openings plunged by more than a million in August, providing a potential early sign that the massive U.S. labor gap is beginning to close. Available positions totaled 10.05 million for the month, a 10% drop from the 11.17 million reported in July, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics release Tuesday.