Your Pulse On America: Live And Unfiltered
Breakfast cereals are displayed for sale in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters Core inflation was little changed in August, according to the Federal Reserve’s primary forecasting tool, likely keeping the central bank on pace for interest rate reductions ahead. The personal consumption expenditures price index posted a 0.3% gain for…
Vegetables on display in a grocery store on August 15, 2025 in Delray Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images From clothing to auto parts to electronics and more, tariffs are making everyday items cost more at a time when the labor market is looking increasingly fragile. A key Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation report…
Prices consumers pay for a variety of goods and services moved higher than expected in August while jobless claims accelerated, providing challenging economic signals for the Federal Reserve before its meeting next week. The consumer price index posted a seasonally adjusted 0.4% increase for the month, double the prior month, putting the annual inflation rate…
People shop for dairy products at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California on September 9, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Wholesale prices surprisingly fell slightly in August, providing breathing room for the Federal Reserve to approve an interest rate cut at its meeting this month, according to a Bureau of Labor…
Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Five years ago, when the pandemic pushed e-commerce to new highs, the industrial warehouse space became the biggest commercial real estate play around. It began to slow in 2022, but now economic uncertainty brought on by constantly changing tariff policy and persistently high inflation is taking a greater toll…
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack said Friday she would be hesitant about lowering interest rates as long as inflation remains a threat. In a CNBC interview, the policymaker did not share the market’s enthusiasm for a cut, sparked after Chair Jerome Powell’s keynote speech earlier in the morning stating that current conditions “may warrant”…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered his annual address Friday morning at the central bank’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He indicated that conditions “may warrant” interest rate cuts as the Fed proceeds “carefully.” Markets have been looking to Powell to provide strong hints about a September interest rate cut. For their part, the…
Wholesale prices rose far more than expected in July, providing a potential sign that inflation is still a threat to the U.S. economy, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Thursday showed. The producer price index, which measures final demand goods and services prices, jumped 0.9% on the month, compared to the Dow Jones estimate for…
A widely followed measure of inflation accelerated slightly less than expected in July on an annual basis as President Donald Trump‘s tariffs showed mostly modest impacts. The consumer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the month and 2.7% on a 12-month basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. That compared with the…
American gated communities have evolved to fit a variety of budgets, lifestyles and needs. They aren’t just a haven for retirees or the ultra-wealthy, although those communities are still prevalent. Florida and California have the highest number of gated communities, in part because of weather and space. Retirees in particular chose Florida in the 1970s because…