Import prices post biggest increase in six months and add to U.S. inflation
The import-price index 0.3% last month. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast a 0.1% decline. Import prices had fallen in September. If energy is excluded, import prices moved up 0 ...
U.S. industrial output battered for second month by Boeing strike, hurricanes
The numbers: Industrial production fell 0.3% in October, held down by the Boeing strike and the impact of Hurricanes Milton and Helene, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. The decline as in line with ...
U.S. Industrial Production Declined in October
Industrial production in the U.S. declined in October, according to Federal Reserve data released Friday. U.S. industrial output was down by 0.3% last month, after falling by a revised 0.5% in ...
Treasury yields jump after strong retail sales and manufacturing activity
Treasury yields turned higher Friday morning after stronger-than-expected U.S. retail sales, a jump in New York state manufacturing activity and indications that the Federal Reserve is not looking to ...
Treasury yields finish mixed as spike in rates sparks buying demand
Yields initially spiked on Friday following a solid retail-sales report for October and a surge in the New York Federal Reserve Bank's Empire State business conditions index. The benchmark 10-year ...
Trump's Treasury secretary pick: Scott Bessent, Larry Kudlow or Howard Lutnick might get the job
His top choices appear to include hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent and Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Executive Howard Lutnick - though other names remain in the mix for the job. The position of Treasury ...
Why these 'Trump trade' ETF winners are fading - and what it says about the financial markets
"The bond market is telling you that Trump's policies will be inflationary and you're going to have tariffs, so the direction of the 10-year yield is going to be the indicator for how the small caps ...
Why do workers still yearn for a traditional pension over a 401(k)?
-- 401 (k) plan: Boeing will increase the employer matching contribution from 50% of the first 8% of an employee's contributions to 100%. In addition, the company will make a supplementary 4% employer ...
Tom DeMark says the stock market is nearing a top as he draws 1929 parallels
In an email to MarketWatch, DeMark says the Dow Jones Industrial Average, from its Dec. 1914 low to its Sept. 1929 high, rallied 624%. From the 2009 low to this week's high, the Dow has rallied 587%.
Investors are bracing for higher-for-even-longer interest rates
Friday's stronger-than-expected economic data, combined with fresh remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, were adding up to a shift in market participants' thinking about how ...
One strategist lifts recession probability to 75% after Trump's win and recommends how to position for it
Investors are right to be cautious, according to Peter Berezin, chief global strategist at BCA Research. He's just raised the probability of a U.S. recession in the next 12 months to 75% in response ...
Good news for the economy is looking like bad news for stocks
The "growth scares" that helped spark steep but short-lived losses for stocks in early August and again in early September are looking like distant memories. Instead, investors appear to be ...