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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde's recent forecast was particularly dim. She pointed out the sharp threat to global economic growth posed by trade wars.
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The National Federation of Small Business' optimism index in May reached its second-highest level since such data was first reported in 1973. It's the second time this year the index has come close...
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Tuesday's historic meeting betwee U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un is expected to be brief and largely symbolic. That doesn't mean it's not important.
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U.S. CEO members of the Business Roundtable issued a statement Friday morning urging the Trump administration to back away from tariffs on Chinese goods and goods from allies in favor of continuing...
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Ticket sales site Ticketfly was hit by a major hack, compromising 27 million accounts. It is the most current in a long line of major corporate hacks that have exposed, in sum, hundreds of millions...
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The IMF will help the Argentinian economy and its people with a financial package of $50 billion, even though its government has been notoriously unstable.
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The Federal Reserve released is Q1 Flow of Funds report Thursday indicating that U.S. household net worth rose to more than $100 trillion and that growth in household debt was slower than in the...
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The OECD on Wednesday released its 2018 Economic Survey of the United States. The group sees good growth in GDP over the next two years but warns of risks related to trade policy and job growth among...
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Women now account for more than half of all students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, but their share of student loan debt is much higher.
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Canaccord Genuity has updated its Standard & Poor's 500 index target for 2018. What does the firm see for the second half of the year?
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The U.S. Business Roundtable released its quarterly CEO outlook Tuesday morning indicating that while CEOs still expect a strong economy, worries over trade policies have tempered their optimism...
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Mexico and the Caribbean not only have weather similar to Hawaii, but they are also much closer for many Americans.
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The National Association of Business Economists published their latest Outlook Monday and have pulled back slightly on their projections for economic growth this year. Half think a recession is...
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The round of trade talks between the U.S. and China ended Sunday with no agreement and a Chinese threat that no agreement will be possible if the U.S. imposes any tariffs on Chinese imports.
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The G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Charlevoix, Canada was a hard one for the U.S. Every one of America’s allies battered it for a set of tariffs which may hurt free...
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