Updated Nov. 14, 2023 6:21 pm ET Inflation’s broad slowdown extended through October, likely ending the Federal Reserve’s historic interest-rate increases and sparking big rallies on Wall Street. Consumer prices overall were flat last month and rose 3.2% from a year earlier, a slower pace than in September, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Overall inflation … Read more
A Deadly Strike on a Ukrainian Village Was an Inside Job. Who Tipped Off the Russians? The Wall Street Journal UN Agency: ‘Reasonable Grounds’ Russia Responsible For Attack On Ukraine’s Hroza Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty View Full Coverage on Google News Source link
Updated Oct. 26, 2023 5:00 pm ET U.S. economic growth surged this summer at the fastest pace since 2021, as consumers spent at a blockbuster rate that will be difficult to sustain. Gross domestic product expanded at a 4.9% seasonally- and inflation-adjusted annual rate in the third quarter—more than double the second quarter pace—the Commerce Department reported … Read more
Updated Oct. 24, 2023 7:49 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The largest provider of humanitarian support in the Gaza Strip said it would be forced to cease operations in the enclave by Wednesday night if it doesn’t receive fuel, putting desperately needed aid for the strip at risk amid intensifying Israeli airstrikes. The … Read more
How old am I, really? I spat in a tube, swabbed the inside of my cheek and pricked my finger to find out. I mailed my samples to three companies that promised to tell me my “biological age” based on chemical modifications of my DNA. The results, the companies said, would be based not on … Read more
Updated Oct. 9, 2023 6:58 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER—Israel prepared for what could be an extended ground assault in the Gaza Strip, and the Pentagon warned Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to “think twice” before joining the conflict and said it was prepared to come to … Read more
Listen to article (2 minutes) Friday’s jobs report is likely to show employers hired at a steady pace last month, the latest sign of a resilient U.S. economy that has contributed to the recent bond-market rout, according to analysts’ forecasts. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link
Listen to article (2 minutes) Russia has withdrawn the bulk of its Black Sea Fleet from its main base in occupied Crimea, a potent acknowledgment of how Ukrainian missile and drone strikes are challenging Moscow’s hold on the peninsula. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link
Sept. 28, 2023 5:30 am ET A bruising battle over hospital costs in Indiana previews a growing trend: Employers are sick of the ever-rising price of healthcare, and they are ready to do something about it. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link
Updated Sept. 20, 2023 7:50 pm ET WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve officials voted to hold interest rates steady at a 22-year high and revealed a divide over whether they should raise them once more this year, with most leaning toward another increase. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that officials didn’t need to decide yet whether to lift … Read more