New AI Worries End Dow Industrials' Three-Session Winning Streak
Financial stocks fall, as Wall Street's 'schizophrenic personality' on artificial intelligence stalls momentum.
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Fed's Miran Says Rate Cuts Still Possible Following Strong Jobs Report
Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran said he still thinks there is an argument to be made in favor of cutting interest rates, after the better-than-expected January jobs report.
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Wall Street's Top Brass Try to Soothe Investor Jitters About Software
Executives from firms including Goldman and Blackstone say last week's slide in the sector was overblown.
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Trade Deal Review Poses 'Important Risk' to Outlook, Bank of Canada Minutes Say
Senior Bank of Canada policymakers identified the pending U.S.-led review of the existing North American trade treaty as an "important risk" to the economic outlook, according to minutes.
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Healthcare Work Propels U.S. to Strongest Job Growth in More Than a Year
January's job gains surged past expectations and marked a strong start to the year following a weak year of job growth.
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Job Growth Last Year Was Far Worse Than We Thought. Here's Why.
Revised data Wednesday showed the U.S. economy generated far fewer jobs in 2024 and 2025 than was initially estimated.
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Fed's Schmid Pushes Back on Rate-Cut Prospects
Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid reaffirmed his resistance to further interest-rate cuts, arguing that further Fed easing would risk allowing inflation to remain too high.
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U.S. Budget Hole Set to Deepen by Trillions
The budget deficit will widen over the next decade as interest costs consume an increasing share of spending, the CBO said in a forecast that highlighted the country's long-run fiscal challenges.
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U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Post Large Weekly Build
Commercial crude oil inventories rose by 8.5 million barrels. They were expected to have fallen by 400,000 barrels.
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OPEC Holds Oil-Demand Forecast Steady, Says Production Fell in January
Oil demand is projected to rise by 1.34 million barrels a day next year supported by easing inflation, fiscal measures and improving global trade.
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U.K. Government Bonds Enter Period of Political Risk
The rise in yields reflects worries that a successor to Starmer would be tempted to spend more heavily on public services, pushing government debt higher.
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Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy
Growing reliance on American gas looks foolish given how unpredictable the White House has become.
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