Middle-income Americans remain concerned about inflation and the high cost of living, with many saying their income is not keeping pace, according to Primerica’s latest Financial Security Monitor™ (FSM™).

The salary needed to afford the average rent has been on the upswing for years, and now it far outpaces the average for U.S. workers. The rental market may be a more attainable housing option for many Americans in 2025,

S&P 500 futures are near flat Thursday night as investors analyzed earnings reports from Apple and other well-known companies ahead of the release of a closely followed inflation report. Futures tied to the broad index ticked higher by 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 53 points, or 0.1%.

U.S. stock futures moved marginally higher on Thursday following the latest flurry of U.S. economic reports. Investors received the first reading on Q4 GDP. The data showed the U.S. economy expanded at a pace of 2.

The S&P 500 added 0.4% on Thursday, Jan. 30, as a report showed consumer spending continued to buoy economic growth.

While Powell revealed little about the Fed’s plan of action, it is becoming more likely that interest rates will also be held at the upcoming board meeting in March. The CME Fed

While the labor market has cooled off, an aging workforce and changes to immigration will challenge recruiters this year, experts told HR Dive.

The Federal Reserve decided to delay additional rate cuts for now and keep interest rates unchanged at its first meeting of the year, giving themselves time to assess whether inflation is cooling and how President Donald Trump’s policies might impact the U.S. economy.

In its first policy decision after Donald Trump’s return as the President of the United States and after three consecutive rate reductions amounting to a cumulative 1%, the Federal Reserve decided to keep its overnight borrowing rate unchanged at 4.

How will Donald Trump solve the affordability crisis that felled Joe Biden ’s presidency? The plan is fairly straightforward: Deregulation, expanding energy production and brow-beating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell into reducing borrowing costs. That’s much easier said than done.

IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, advanced 390.06 points or 0.50% to 76,253.28. The Nifty 50 index added 104.40 points or 0.45% to 23,061.65.

Anxiety over a Chinese startup's threat to American artificial intelligence dominance eased somewhat Wednesday as focus turned to the Federal Reserve’s rate