New York Times (October 15)
“Stock futures are down on Thursday as investors grapple with persistent inflation — and growing anxiety about the heavily indebted companies involved in the artificial intelligence buildout.”
Tags: Artificial intelligence. Buildout, Companies, Down, Grapple, Growing anxiety, Indebted, Investors, Persistent inflation, Stock futures
Bloomberg (November 22)
“The American consumer is limping into the holiday season. That was the upshot from a week of big-box retailer earnings that came with signs of caution among shoppers increasingly worried about a softening job market and persistent inflation.” Target and Home Depot are struggling, while “even Walmart Inc., the belle of the retailer ball with huge profits and a rosy forecast, sent an economic warning of sorts” since its growth “came largely from groceries and mid-tier customers looking for bargains — both signs of skittishness among consumers.”
Tags: Bargains, Big-box, Caution, Earnings, Economic warning, Forecast, Holiday season, Job market, Persistent inflation, Profits, Retailer, Shoppers, Skittishness, Struggling, U.S., Upshot, Walmart, Worried
MSN (December 20)
“The smooth economy that Donald Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty.” After 10 days of losses, the DJSI “essentially ended Thursday flat” and the Federal Reserve “has become cautious about further interest rate cuts planned for next year” amid persistent inflation.
Tags: Cautious, DJSI, Economy, Fed, Flat, Interest rate cuts, Losses, Persistent inflation, President-elect, Rockier, Smooth, Trump, Uncertainty
Wall Street Journal (May 27)
“America’s travel resurgence is finally here… Despite worries over persistent inflation, banking-sector woes and the debt-ceiling standoff, people are probably going to be spending a lot of time, and money, on trips. This should provide some support for the economy in the months ahead.”
Tags: Banking sector, Debt-ceiling standoff, Economy, Money, Persistent inflation, Resurgence, Spending, Support, Time, Travel, Trips, U.S., Woes, Worries
Wall Street Journal (December 12)
“Stocks and bonds have headed in opposite directions to start December, a sign that investors’ worries about slowing growth have started to eclipse their fears of persistent inflation.”
Tags: Bonds, December, Fears, Investors, Opposite directions, Persistent inflation, Slowing growth, Stocks, Worries
