How to position your portfolio when the Fed, stock-market investors differ on recession calls
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Investors betting on a dovish Fed pivot are engaging in a delicate dance, warns Goldman
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Read MoreHousing’s ‘great slowdown’ is here, as mortgage originations and spending fall, Bank of America says
A “great slowdown” is happening in the U.S. housing market, a new report from Bank…
Read MoreU.S. consumer spending climbs sharply in June, but mostly because of high inflation
The numbers: Consumer spending, the main engine of the U.S. economy, jumped 1% in June,…
Read More‘Savings are gonna run out’: Already battered by high inflation, Fed’s rate hike will hit lower-income and rural Americans hard
The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday in an…
Read More‘It will be mostly a white-collar recession’: Milken economist William Lee on how the next economic downturn will be different
“It will be mostly a white-collar recession. And the blue-collar recession will not be in…
Read MoreHome prices are being slashed in these 10 cities as real-estate market cools and Milken economist William Lee on how the next economic downturn will be different
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Dear Quentin, I am struggling with the ethics of a highly personal situation. I am…
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Inflation-proof your meals: These cost-effective cooking tips won’t leave you with an empty stomach — or wallet
Inflation is eating into family budgets. Grocery prices shot up by 12.2% in June compared…
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