Consumers more confident in August as gas prices dip
Following three straight monthly declines, U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in August as inflation moderated and gas prices fell.
Following three straight monthly declines, U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in August as inflation moderated and gas prices fell.
The increase that the government reported Tuesday will be a disappointment for Federal Reserve officials, who are seeking to cool hiring by raising short-term interest rates to try to slow borrowing and spending, which tend to fuel inflation.
Patrick De Haan, head petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, which tracks gas prices nationally, called the Whiting facility closure a “temporary setback.”
In development for effectively a decade, FedNow is expected to allow banks of any size to send payments to each other in real-time. That will allow bank customers to send real-time payments to one another on the same rails.
The plant’s site is still undecided, but construction will begin in early 2023, with mass production of advanced lithium-ion battery cells to start by the end of 2025.
The waiver lifts a Clear Air Act requirement that lower-volatility gasoline be sold in the states during summer months to limit ozone pollution. The refinery provides about 20% to 25% of the gasoline, jet fuel and diesel used by Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.
The losses came after Chair Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve will likely need to keep interest rates high enough to slow the economy for some time in order to beat back the high inflation sweeping the country.
The chemicals can accumulate and persist in the human body for long periods of time, and evidence from animal and human studies indicates that exposure to might lead to cancer or other health problems.
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Federal Reserve leader Jerome Powell acknowledged the rate hikes will hurt the job market and U.S. households, but he also said the pain would be worse if inflation were allowed to fester.
According to a Commerce Department report Friday that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, consumer prices rose 6.3% in July from a year earlier after posting an annual increase of 6.8% in June.
The move by the California is likely to reshape the U.S. auto market, which gets 10% of its sales from the nation’s most populous state.
In January, the cost of insulin for patients on Medicare will be capped at $35 a month. But that cap doesn’t apply to those with private insurance, which is used by the majority of those in need of insulin.
The number of Americans collecting traditional unemployment benefits fell by 19,000 the week that ended Aug. 13, to 1.42 million.
In its previous estimate for the April-June quarter, the government had estimated that the economy had shrunk at a 0.9% rate.
The researchers found that Paxlovid reduced hospitalizations among people 65 and older by roughly 75% when given shortly after infection. But people between the ages of 40 and 65 saw no measurable benefit, according to the analysis of medical records.
Formula One has multiple inquiries from potential team owners who have taken a more behind-the-scenes approach than Michael Andretti, who has been “quite vocal” in his desire to expand the current grid, F1’s CEO said Wednesday.
Amazon is closing the hybrid virtual, in-home care service it’s spent years developing, a surprising move that underscores the challenges it faces as it moves into health care.
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance asked the questions in a June 15 letter, shortly before Tesla CEO Elon Musk raised the issue as grounds to back out of a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion.
The plan calls for $10,000 or more in federal loan forgiveness for millions of Americans. Democrats are betting that President Joe Biden, who has seen his public approval tumble over the past year, can help motivate younger voters to the polls with the announcement.