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    Small businesses say Trump tariffs are hurting this group of consumers this holiday season—here’s what is getting more expensive

    Consumers’ estimated gift budgets decreased $229 between October and November, according to a Gallup index.

    By Mae Anderson and The Associated Press
    December 15, 2025

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    If the Fed cuts interest rates today, it may be the last one until June 2026
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    If the Fed cuts interest rates today, it may be the last one until June 2026

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    Fed’s expected rate cut today is less about stimulating the economy and more about protecting the job market from ‘shattering’

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    ‘Fodder for a recession’: Top economist Mark Zandi warns about so many Americans ‘already living on the financial edge’ in a K-shaped economy 

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    Jamie Dimon taps Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, and Ford CEO Jim Farley to advise JPMorgan’s $1.5 trillion national security initiative

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    Trump’s $12 billion farmer bailout is a ‘Band-Aid on a bigger wound’ the American agriculture industry is still reeling from

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    The low-hire, low-fire economy crawls along with job openings unchanged from September to October

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
    December 9, 2025
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    The ‘forever layoffs’ era hits a recession trigger as corporates sack 1.1 million workers through November

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    There is a simple fix for America’s job-quality crisis: actually give workers a piece of the business 

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    AI doctors will be good at science but bad at business, and big talk with little action means even higher drugs prices: 10 healthcare predictions for 2026 from top investors

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    December 9, 2025
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    Malaysia’s Johor launches 7,300-acre innovation sandbox, part of new special economic zone with neighboring Singapore

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    A divided Fed meets today, and Wall Street is listening for 4 key words from Powell: ‘In a good place’
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    A divided Fed meets today, and Wall Street is listening for 4 key words from Powell: ‘In a good place’

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    Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, pictured in May 2023, warns of record debt issuance by AI companies during an infrastructure boom.
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    Borrowing by AI companies represents a ‘mounting potential threat to the financial system,’ top economist says 

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    Baby boomers have now ‘gobbled up’ nearly one-third of America’s wealth share, and they’re leaving Gen Z and millennials behind

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    Trump plans $12 billion bailout for farmers who saw livelihoods vanish along with China’s missing soybean imports

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    December 8, 2025
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    The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says

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    What’s the top concern among billionaires? Not a financial crash or debt crisis. It’s tariffs—and only 1% have no worries about the market
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    What’s the top concern among billionaires? Not a financial crash or debt crisis. It’s tariffs—and only 1% have no worries about the market

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    China makes history with $1 trillion trade surplus for first time ever

    By Chan Ho-Him and The Associated Press
    December 8, 2025
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    Trump hails Netflix’s Sarandos as ‘fantastic man’ but casts mega-merger in doubt ‘There’s no question about it. It could be a problem’

    By Darlene Superville and The Associated Press
    December 8, 2025
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    Stocks: Everything is on hold until the Fed delivers that rate cut on Wednesday

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    Macron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus

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    December 7, 2025
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    U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals

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    December 7, 2025
    Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory
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    Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory

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    JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’
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    JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’

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    December 6, 2025
    The most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says
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    The most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says

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    Trump finally meets Claudia Sheinbaum face to face at the FIFA World Cup draw

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
    December 6, 2025
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    U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

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    December 5, 2025
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    ‘This is a bad idea made worse’: Senate Dems’ plan to fix Obamacare premiums adds nearly $300 billion to deficit, CRFB says

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    Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever
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    Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever

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    Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom

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