SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM4E memory chips on a LPDDR5X CAMM2 memory module arranged at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Friday, July 24, 2026. SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics Co. are set to test investor appetite for memory chips as South Korea’s stock market now a bellwether for global AI sentiment grapples with violent…
Private U.S. companies added jobs at a slightly slower-than-expected pace in August, with gains concentrated heavily in health care and a few other industries, ADP reported Wednesday. The payrolls processing firm said firms added 38,000 workers, fewer than the upwardly revised 46,000 in July and below the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 47,000. Though job…
People sunbath and swim during the African heatwave in Naples on August 4, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Energy price pressures drove inflation in the euro zone back above 3% in August, with hard-hit businesses now likely facing a second blow from higher interest rates. Headline inflation in the euro area — a…
Girls buy a rakhi from a roadside stall in Nagaon District, Assam, India, on August 26, 2026, ahead of Raksha Bandhan, a Hindu festival celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s economy grew by 7.8% in the quarter to the end of June, mainly driven by strong performance…
LIUZHOU, CHINA – JULY 25: Robotic arms assemble auto parts at the workshop of Guangxi Liuzhou Zhuotong Auto Parts Co., Ltd. on July 25, 2026 in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. He Huawen | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s manufacturing activity in August shrank for a second straight month, though by…
An employer feeds a baby at the My Queen confinement center in Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tiny Singapore is throwing cash and incentives at its citizens to avoid a long-term demographic crisis, but it may take many years before the level of success becomes clear. The city-state…
C. K. E. Those aren’t initials or Greek life letters. They’re some of the terms that economists, corporate leaders and politicians are using as they attempt to define the U.S. current economic moment. Ever since the recovery from the pandemic, a consensus among economists has viewed the economy as acting in a “K”-shape, displaying an…
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Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack on Thursday repeated her call for higher interest rates, saying recent inflation data show the central bank is still too far from its goal. A report released Wednesday showed inflation running around 3% on an annualized basis, the central bank policymaker said. Even though the monthly rates of price…
Prices consumers pay for a variety of goods and services rose slightly in July, according to the Federal Reserve’s main inflation gauge. The personal consumption expenditures price index, which the Fed uses as its preferred forecasting tool, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3.7%, the Commerce Department…