Tag: economy
Germany's government slashes its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%
BERLIN -- The German government on Wednesday slashed its 2025 growth forecast for the country's economy, Europe's biggest, to just 0.3% after it...
Fed likely to hold rates steady despite Trump call for cuts as it awaits tariff, immigration changes
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump may want lower interest rates, but the Federal Reserve will almost certainly keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged...
Federal Reserve expected to stand pat on rates even as Trump demands cuts
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is nearly certain to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its policy meeting this week, just a...
Trump says inflation isn't his No. 1 issue. So what will happen to consumer prices?
WASHINGTON -- Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said he owed his victory to Americans'...
Syria's economic pains far from over despite Assad's ouster
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax and walked up a wobbly set of stairs made of cinderblocks and rubble.He is rebuilding...
The one big inflation 'uncertainty': Economist on CPI, retail sales
US retail sales rose by 0.4% in December, a report that some economists say could bolster fourth quarter GDP...