Here's what a key index is saying about the economy
The Russell 2000 index, made up of small-cap companies, is close to entering a bear market. Here's what that means.
Live updates: Government shutdown averted as Dems back GOP on spending bill. What's next?
President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
Whipsawed by Trump’s tariffs, the US public is getting a lot more nervous about the economy
On Wednesday, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. That led to retaliations by Canada and by the EU, ...
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Tariffs trigger ‘horrific’ plunge in consumer sentiment
Federal Reserve officials, scheduled to assess monetary policy during a March 18-19 meeting, will likely zero in on a jump in ...
Heard on the Street Recap: Sentiment Check
What Happened in Markets Today Stocks jumped as a government shutdown seemed to have been averted late Friday. A late change of heart by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appeared to take the threa ...
Consumer Sentiment Tanks as Americans Expect More Pain Ahead
Uncertainty around the economy, stocks and jobs are taking a toll. One economist labeled the latest reading from the ...
Democratic sentiment hits record low as consumers fret Trump agenda
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for March was released on Friday and found that consumer sentiment across the board plunged from last month.
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Consumer Sentiment Sours as Year-Ahead Inflation Outlook Hits Highest Since November 2022
US consumer sentiment slumped in March, while year-ahead inflation expectations reached the highest since November 2022 amid policy uncertainty, preliminary results from the University of Michigan's ...
Stocks Shrug Off Consumer Sentiment Index in Afternoon Trading
The market shrugged off the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey, but Rosenberg Research's David Rosenberg sure didn’t. In a note on Friday, Rosenberg called it “the worst ...
Americans sour on economy as inflation expectations hit highest level since 1991
Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic on the US economy as President Trump's policies continue to cloud the outlook.
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Whipsawed by Trump tariffs, public getting a lot more nervous about economy
President Donald Trump's volatile tariff threats are unleashing historic jumps in public anxiety, with the potential to ...