Is progress on inflation stalling?
Prices on displayed in a New York grocery store on Feb. 1, 2023. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our …
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Fears over yet another hot inflation gauge
A man walks past a grocery store on February 01, 2023 in New York City. Wages for workers in most major U.S. cities grew at a slower pace in the …
Concerns over sluggish U.S. consumer spending
A family eats lunch near a store advertising a Black Friday sale at the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia, on November 22, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) …
Weak U.S consumer spending spells caution
Customers visit Macy’s Herald Square store on December 17, 2023 in New York City. Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, …
BOJ juggles yen weakness and fragile growth after GDP surprise
An editorialized picture of a falling graph against the Japanese flag. Natanael Ginting | Istock | Getty Images Japan’s central bank is expected to exit its negative interest rate regime …
U.K. becomes 2nd G7 economy to fall into recession – National
Britain’s economy fell into a recession in the second half of 2023, a tough backdrop ahead of this year’s expected election for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has promised to …
Inflation fight may go down bumpy path
A view of grocery store in Washington DC, United States on February 14, 2024. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our …
Japan’s economy falls into recession after shrinking for 2nd straight quarter – National
Japan’s economy slipped into a recession as it unexpectedly shrank for a second straight quarter on weak domestic demand, data showed on Thursday, raising uncertainty about the central bank’s plans to exit …
Japanese chipmaker Renesas to buy software firm Altium in $5.9 billion deal
A Renesas Electronics Corp. central processing unit (CPU) board and microcontrollers. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese semiconductor firm Renesas Electronics said Thursday that it would acquire Sydney-listed …
A bumpy ride to beating inflation
A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock …