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The new jobs report is “dirty.” Will voters or the Fed care? News ad

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The new jobs report is “dirty.” Will voters or the Fed care? News ad

Between the hurricanes and a strike by tens of thousands of Boeing workers, economists had low expectations for the October jobs report released Friday. TThe data fell short of even those low expectations, showing that the U.S. added just 12,000 jobs for the month instead of the 100,000 expected. “It was a confusing report,” said … Read more

When Is the Next Fed Rate Cut, and How Big Will It Be? News ad

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When Is the Next Fed Rate Cut, and How Big Will It Be? News ad

It’s all but certain that the next move Americans see from the Federal Reserve will be a second interest rate cut. The real question is whether officials will “go big” again with another half-percentage-point reduction. The next rate decision won’t be announced until Nov. 7, but discussions are already very active about how much the … Read more