Economy

President-elect Donald Trump likely will return to cornerstones of his previous economic platform such as tariffs, lower taxes and sanctions when he assumes office in January, his former Treasury secretary said Thursday. Steven Mnuchin, who held the post throughout Trump’s first term from 2017-21, told CNBC that he sees those items as critical to the
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Tom Brenner | Reuters The Federal Reserve likely will stick to the business at hand when it wraps up its meeting Thursday with
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RIYADH — National debt is a major threat to markets in the near future, Saudi Arabia’s finance minister said, expressing particular concern over lower income countries as well as what he described as rapidly growing global fragmentation. “I think globally, the serious, serious issue that we need to watch is sovereign debt issues, particularly in
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Inflation increased slightly in September and moved closer to the Federal Reserve’s target, according to a Commerce Department report Thursday. The personal consumption expenditures price index showed a seasonally adjusted 0.2% increase for the month, with the 12-month inflation rate at 2.1%, both in line with Dow Jones estimates. The Fed uses the PCE reading
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Passers-by walk in the pedestrian zone of the Bavarian capital. Peter Kneffel | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s inflation surged to 2.4% in October, back above the European Central Bank’s 2% target, even as the country narrowly avoided a technical recession in the third quarter. The preliminary print, announced by German statistics office Destatis,
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Ray Dalio speaking with CNBC at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 30, 2024. CNBC A postelection America worries U.S. billionaire Ray Dalio, who called for reforms numerous times amid a political landscape strife with what he views as irreconcilable differences between both Democratic and Republican parties. Speaking at the Future Investment
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