The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth. The Commerce Department reported that growth in US gross domestic product the economy's output of goods and services slowed from the April-July rate of 3%. But the GDP report still showed that the American economy the world's largest is proving surprisingly durable. Growth has topped 2% for eight of the last nine quarters. Still, American voters exasperated by high prices were unimpressed by the steady growth and chose this month to return Donald Trump to the White House to overhaul the nation's economic policies. He will be supported by Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of US economic activity, accelerated to a 3.5%% annual pace last quarter, up from 2.8% in the April-June period and
Gold registered its deepest one-day decline in more than five months on Monday, and hit its lowest since Nov. 18 in the previous session, as safe-haven demand for the metal softened
In the previous session, both Sensex and Nifty extended their losing streak, each closing over 1 per cent lower. The BSE Sensex ended at 77,690.95, while the Nifty settled at 23,559.05
Bond yields have soared since Donald Trump was elected back to the White House last week on expectations lower taxes
Households on average saw inflation over the next year at 2.9 per cent, down from 3.0 per cent in September and the lowest estimate for near-term price increases in four years
Though the labor market is easing, wage pressures are not showing a significant cooling, casting a shadow over the inflation and interest rate outlook
Only 3rd such instance for Nifty this year
Spot gold was up 0.3 per cent at $2,615.19 per ounce, as of 0833 GMT. US gold futures edged 0.2 per cent higher to $2,632.30
The greenback was down 0.39 per cent at 148.71 yen after rising to as high as 149.58 yen for the first time since Aug. 2 . The euro dropped to its lowest since Aug. 9 against the dollar
The consumer price index increased 0.2 per cent last month after gaining 0.2 per cent in August, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said
US inflation last month likely reached its lowest point since February 2021, clearing the way for another Federal Reserve rate cut and adding to the stream of encouraging economic data that has emerged in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. The consumer price index is expected to have risen just 2.3% in September from 12 months earlier, down from the 2.5% year-over-year increase in August, according to economists surveyed by FactSet, a data provider. A reading that low, likely reflecting lower gas prices and only a slight rise in food costs, would barely exceed the Fed's 2% inflation target. A little over two years ago, inflation had reached a peak of 9.1%. Measured month over month, consumer prices are thought to have risen a scant 0.1% from August to September, down from a 0.2% increase the previous month. The improving inflation data follows a mostly healthy jobs report released last week, which showed that hiring accelerated in September and that the unemployment rate
Even after the losses, gold prices are set for an over 25 per cent rise this year after prices hit a record peak of $2,685.42 on Sept. 26
US jobless claims declined to a four-month low while gross domestic product grew at an unrevised 3 per cent
Brainard, the former Fed vice chair who now serves as the director of the White House National Economic Council, said the Biden administration's focus now is to support growth and the labour market
In the 12 months through August, the CPI advanced 2.5 per cent. That was the smallest year-on-year rise since February 2021 and followed a 2.9 per cent increase in July
Employment growth averaged around 250,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs a month over the course of 2023, well above the 183,000 average over the decade preceding the pandemic
Japan's Nikkei last traded 0.4 per cent higher, helped by gains in financial and consumer names
Powell's signal of coming rate cuts completed a Fed shift that began in January when it acknowledged emerging job market risks
Hopes of US rate cut triggers global stock market rally: The BSE Sensex rallies past the 80,000 mark, and the NSE Nifty surges atop 24,400 led by strong gains in IT and private bank shares on Friday.
Former President Donald Trump has said that Americans are struggling with massive price hikes that he blamed on Vice President Kamala Harris, looking to saddle his new Democratic rival with the unpopular economic record of President Joe Biden. Trump on Thursday stuck close to his scripted economic message, reading from a binder in front of him in a news conference at his New Jersey golf club. A day earlier, he struggled to make a sustained case for his economic policies during a meandering speech that his campaign had billed as a major policy address. Kamala Harris is a radical California liberal who broke the economy, broke the border and broke the world, frankly, Trump told reporters. Trump was flanked by popular grocery store items, including instant coffee, sugary breakfast cereals and pastries, laid out on tables as he highlighted the cost of everything from food to car insurance to housing. The event came one day after the Labor Department announced year-over-year inflation h