Ghanaian President John Mahama used his first press conference since his election to take a victory lap, celebrating faster growth, slower inflation and a stronger currency https://t.co/7NWo5eR0rl ...

I think the economy is weakening, you know, whether that is on the way to recession or just weakening, I don't know, and that just confirms what we already thought, kind of. And I know that's a big revision. And speaking of kind of what we were going back to with the state of the economy, the difficulty predicting one of the questions people have is what's going on with the consumer right now.They're still spending money. It's a little bit different depending on what income set they're coming from. They sti ...

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🇺🇸 LATEST: Donald Trump slammed Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a “total disaster,” urging immediate rate cuts and claiming inflation doesn’t exist. https://t.co/Qz7xlr6Mxp ...

🇺🇸LATEST: The White House reiterates Trump's meage that there is "No inflation" and that Jerome Powell "must lower" interest rates. https://t.co/SGvL2JZqLv ...

US wholesale inflation unexpectedly fell last month after prices rose in Julyhttps://t.co/3HR2wtNFjx ...

As we mentioned, at 8:30 Eastern time, we're going to be getting a read on the inflation at the producer level. Tomorrow morning, we get the consumer level with CPI data. Joining us right now with her take on the economy is Lindseay PZA.She is chief economist at Stiffel. And Lindsay, it seems like things are really kind of heating up for the Fed. You're at this weird inflection point.We know that the jobs picture is even worse than we had expected with those revisions that came yesterday. You saw what the T ...

It’s the kind of bold forecast that grabs every trader’s attention: Goldman Sachs (GS) is predicting that gold (GCZ25) could surge to $5,000 by the end of next year. During the Sept. 5 Market on Close livestream, John Rowland, CMT, joined to unpack the story after Twitter Tom asked whether this prediction is realistic — or just a throwaway number. More News from Barchart www.barchart.com The Fed Independence Question At the core of Goldman’s call is the idea of Federal Reserve independence. If the Fe ...

Welcome back. The NBC News Decision Desk is out with a new poll this morning. And here to take us inside the numbers is NBC News chief data analyst, the great Steve Cornaki.Thanks for being here, Steve. What do you have. Hey, thanks Christie.Good morning. So, take a look. Our decision desk poll.And again, we're looking at all adults here. This is voters and potential voters casting a wide net. We ask about President Trump's job performance, a 43% approval rating.That's what we find in this poll. And of cour ...

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