Weekly jobless claims drop 3,000 to 183,000 Continuing claims decreased 11,000 to 1.655 million Productivity accelerated at a 3.0% rate in the fourth quarter Unit labor costs grow at a rate of 1.1% WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell to a nine-month low last week, as the … Read more
The Employment Cost Index rose 1.0% in the fourth quarter wages and salaries increase by 1.0%; 5.1% increase year-on-year The Consumer Confidence Index fell to 107.1 in January House price inflation slows further in November WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. labor costs rose at their slowest pace in a year in the fourth quarter as wage … Read more
Consumer spending fell 0.2% in December personal income increases by 0.2%; The savings rate rose to 3.4%. Core PCE price index rose 0.3%; 4.4% increase year on year WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending fell for the second straight month in December, putting the economy on a lower growth path heading into 2023, while inflation … Read more
Police fire tear gas on the outskirts of a Paris protest The government wants to raise the two-year retirement age to 64 Railways, schools and refineries are among those affected Macron’s reformist credentials are at stake Opinion polls show broad opposition to pension reform PARIS (Reuters) – French workers went on strike and marched across … Read more
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 18 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.O) On Wednesday, it said it would cut 10,000 jobs and charge $1.2 billion in profits, as cloud computing customers reassess their spending and the company prepares for a possible recession. The layoffs, which were much larger than the cuts Microsoft made last year, add to the … Read more
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Two-thirds of leading public and private economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum expect a global recession in 2023, the organizer of the Davos Forum said on Monday, as business and government leaders gathered. its annual meeting. About 18% considered a global recession “highly likely” — more than double that of … Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Benjamin Franklin made his first lightning rod in the 1750s after famously experimenting with flying a kite with a switch attached during a thunderstorm, the American inventor had no way of knowing that it would remain state of the art. for centuries. Scientists are now moving to improve an 18th-century innovation … Read more
