Tariff impact starting to hit, could cause reduced headcount in 2026
President Donald Trump’s tariffs, aimed at reshoring American jobs lost to overseas manufacturing, could end up lowering domestic head count instead, according to recent statements from corporate executives and economic forecasters. With the labor market already on its heels in a no-fire, no-hire climate, concerns are rising that the duties Continue Reading
Euro zone inflation in November 2025
A Christmas market in Cottbus, Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Euro zone inflation stood at 2.2% in November, marking a slight rise from the previous month, flash data from data agency Eurostat showed Tuesday. The latest consumer price index reading is just a shade above the Continue Reading
Monument, gravestone makers deal with tariffs and cremations
Strathroy | Istock | Getty Images For nearly a century, John Dioguardi’s family has been making custom headstones and other memorial markers at Rome Monument in western Pennsylvania. Recently, he’s wondered how much time his business has left. Dioguardi has been trying to adapt for more than a decade as Continue Reading
Consumer confidence hits lowest point since April as job worries grow
A hiring sign is displayed in the window of a business in Manhattan on Nov. 27, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Consumers soured on the current economy and their prospects for the future, with worries growing over the ability to find a job, according to Continue Reading
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign sits in the window of a Denny’s restaurant on Nov. 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. labor market is showing further signs of weakening as the pace of layoffs has picked up over the past four weeks, payrolls processing firm Continue Reading
Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September; retail sales gain
Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September, indicating a potential cooling in pipeline inflation pressures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The producer price index, a measure of what producers get for final demand goods and services, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% on the month, in line Continue Reading
No recession in 2026 but some sectors are challenged
Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, arrives to speak during a site expansion groundbreaking ceremony at the Boeing South Carolina (BSC) manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, US, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Sean Rayford | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday the U.S. was Continue Reading
Fed won’t get key inflation data before next rate decision as BLS cancels October CPI release
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Bill Clark | Getty Images The Bureau of Labor Statistics said it was canceling the release of the October consumer price index, leaving the Federal Continue Reading
Cleveland Fed’s Hammack supports keeping rates around current ‘barely restrictive’ level
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack on Thursday gave indications that she thinks the central bank could be nearing the end of what could be a brief rate-cutting cycle. The policymaker told CNBC that she thinks the current level of interest rates is “barely restrictive, if at all” when it Continue Reading
119,000 added, jobless rate 4.4%
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign sits outside the entrance to a Burlington department store on Nov. 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. economy added substantially more jobs than expected in September, according to a long-awaited report Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonfarm payrolls Continue Reading