Megan Leonhardt

New research shows that employment trends among people ages 35 to 44 are most correlated with changes in the national employment rate.

Job placement agency Challenger, Gray & Christmas predicts that teens only will gain a cumulative 790,000 jobs in May, June, and July 2026, down slightly from last summer.

Caution is mounting among consumers. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index ticked down 0.7 points to a reading of 93.1 in May, according to the latest data, released Tuesday.The dip comes after months of relatively stable readings, even in the face of higher gasoline prices amid confli

All three major indexes spent the day inching toward fresh record highs as oil futures seemed to see an end in sight for the Iran war. The Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 0.1% to a new high of 26,674.73 on Wednesday. Today’s market wins were largely driven by the fact that oil futures were hovering at a six-week low on the news that the U.S. and Iran seem to be heading toward a deal to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Economists expect the latest data will show the Federal Reserve’s official inflation gauge rose in April for the third month in a row, hitting yet another three-year high. The personal consumption expenditures price index isn't expected to show the major jumps that other price measures, such as the

The Bureau of Economic Analysis is slated to release the April personal consumption expenditures price index data on Thursday morning.

Economic growth for the first quarter of 2026 wasn't as strong as initially estimated. Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, grew at an annualized rate of 1.6% in the first three months of the year, according to the estimate published today. Economists expected first-quarter GDP to remain

The first inflation reading since Kevin Warsh assumed the helm of the Fed this month hasn't improved the precarious economic situation the central bank must contend with. PCE showed inflation hit 3.8% in April, its highest level in nearly three years. Core PCE, which excludes the volatile food and

In his first appearance since stepping down as Federal Reserve chair, Fed governor Jerome Powell used his remarks at the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award ceremony on Sunday to oppose President Donald Trump’s attempts to take control the central bank.

The remarks were his first since stepping down as Federal Reserve chair.