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My portfolios have performed well recently, especially with improved market breadth beyond tech, but I remain cautious about the macroeconomic outlook. There's a growing divergence between rising ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says AI spending is lifting growth and could help boost productivity, but raises questions about the impact it may have on the labor market.

U.S. economic growth is now driven almost solely by deficit spending and the AI Revolution, as traditional drivers like jobs, housing, and consumer strength falter. AI infrastructure spending by Big ...

Instead of an advanced economy that leads the world, the US is looking more like a troubled emerging market, according to a former IMF official, who also warned that there's no bailout big enough that ...

Artificial intelligence has fired the stock market to record highs this year, with companies eager to tout their AI prowess and investor darlings like AI chipmaker Nvidia soaring on expectations of ...

"The mindset of the market is to embrace risk," one expert said. Weak jobs data came out hours before President Donald Trump fired the head of labor statistics. A report on gross domestic product ...

Trump's economic policies have sparked recession fears and a drop in the stock market. The S&P 500's recent correction reflects investor concerns over Trump's policies. With the 2026 midterms not far ...

The U.S. labor market is showing further signs of cooling, as the latest jobs report indicates that unemployment has risen to ...

The bulls have been running the show on Wall Street since the bear market bottomed in October 2022. However, the latest GDPNow forecast from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta portends trouble for ...

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