Us economy
'YOLO' generation of investors is ready for anything, even a crash
There's also the fact that young traders are some of the most eager proponents of soaring "meme stocks" like GameStop and AMC.
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Racial employment divide continues in recovering US economy
The divides are fueled by long-running employment discrimination, experts say, worsened by unique, virus-related disruptions that have left many jobseekers unable to find work they can get to, or feel safe doing.
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US manufacturing growth slows sharply in July: Survey
Oren Klachkin of Oxford Economics says the survey indicates growth in the sector likely has peaked.
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Fed chair says cyberattacks main risk to US economy
The risks of a 2008-like crisis with a need for government bailouts of banks were "very, very low," the head of the US central bank said during an interview aired Sunday on CBS's "60 minutes."
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Biden sets out 'once-in-a-generation' $2tn infrastructure plan
The plan called for sweeping upgrades to transportation, telecommunications and energy infrastructure, which the US leader said was both about revitalising an economy weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic and restoring its global competitiveness.
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Republican COVID-19 relief plan excludes Biden priorities
Biden wants to spend $1.9 trillion to revitalise the world's largest economy after the pandemic caused waves of layoffs last year, but Republicans in Congress have said they won't support such a large package.
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US Congress approves $900 billion stimulus package
The deal will spare millions of jobless workers who were days away from seeing their unemployment benefits expire, and provide a new round of cash payouts.
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Blowout US GDP report offers boon to Trump amid pandemic
Facing a tough battle to hold on to the White House in the 3 November election, Trump seized on the data from the Commerce Department as proof the recovery he promised from the COVID-19 pandemic is under way.
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EXPLAINER: When the US sneezes, the world gets a cold. So what about COVID-19?
The country’s troubled response to the coronavirus pandemic emerges as a chief risk to any sustained global recovery.
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Virus shutdowns erode US inflation in March
The US Congress responded by passing a massive $2.2 trillion aid package that gives cash directly to Americans, while the Federal Reserve has announced trillions of dollars in new lending programs to boost liquidity.
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Trump's first term: hits and misses
GDP grew 3.1% in the first quarter of 2019 and the last recession was a decade ago. Unemployment is at a 50-year low of 3.6%.
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US recession odds jump as Trump trade wars bite: survey
The panelists put the odds at 60% for a US recession before the end of 2020, nearly double the 35% forecast in the survey three months ago.
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Asian markets sink as Trump further stokes trade war fears
The announcement comes as trade tensions between the economic superpowers are rising after the US hiked tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods last week, to which Beijing retaliated.
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US economy grew 2.9% in 2018, highest in 13 years
The world's largest economy was slowing toward the end of 2018, suggesting the boom had begun to fade, according to the Commerce Department report.
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10 predictions for the global economy in 2019
One major risk in the coming year is the sharp drop-off in world trade growth, which fell from over 5% at the beginning of 2018 to nearly zero at the end.
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Markets stagger towards end of worst year since financial crisis
London and Paris wobbled in holiday-shortened trade on New Year's Eve - but nursed dizzying double-digit annual falls after an exceptionally volatile 2018.
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Global growth outlook for 2019 dims for first time: Reuters polls
At the start of 2018, optimism about a robust global economic outlook was almost unanimous among respondents.
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US blocks pork from Poland over African swine fever
African swine fever has spread rapidly in eastern Europe and China, the world’s largest pork producer, where new cases are appearing and the disease is traveling far distances.
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US mortgage industry faces job losses as refinancing dries up
Call-center employees who handle customer refinance requests are the most vulnerable as rates have started to climb, analysts said.
