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Roughly half of U.S. states are effectively in a recession and ‘hanging on by their fingertips,’ Moody’s chief economist says

Moody’s chief economist, Mark Zandi, tells Fortune parts of America are already in recession, with 22 states contracting despite strong national GDP...

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Eleanor Pringle

Jamie Dimon isn’t taking a recession off the table for 2026: ‘You don’t wish it because certain people will get hurt’

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says a U.S. recession could hit in 2026, a warning to markets not to get complacent despite strong GDP growth and AI optimism

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America is ‘flirting with recession’ if tech investment slows, according to new modeling—but bubble risk is still smaller than dot-com era

Oxford Economics warns U.S. growth could stall if tech investment cools, with global GDP also at risk if AI enthusiasm shows signs of waning.

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Eleanor Pringle

America’s economy is on a ‘sugar high’ warns Ken Griffin, and investors retreating to gold is one sign of a comedown

Ken Griffin said investors want to make the most of the rally in American equities but are hedging their spoils out of U.S. sovereign risk.

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America saw ‘essentially no job growth’ last month, warns Moody’s, and any roles added were in three wealthy states

Moody’s warns U.S. job growth has stalled as the shutdown halts official labor data, forcing Wall Street and the Fed to rely on patchy private...

06.10.2025 4

Eleanor Pringle

By supporting Argentina, the U.S. government hopes to start a domino effect preventing ‘failed states’ across South America, says Bessent

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hails Javier Milei’s Argentina as a “beacon” for South America, backing it with swap lines while ruling out...

03.10.2025 2

Eleanor Pringle

Everything’s supposedly rosy on Wall Street—but gold is rallying higher as investors seek safety in government shutdown

Gold is nearing $3,870 as investors flock to safe-haven assets despite Wall Street optimism, Fed rate cut bets, and recession fears fading.

02.10.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Yet another recession indicator is flashing as consumer confidence declines sharply in September

Consumer confidence has dropped below key thresholds, challenging Fed policymakers and Wall Street’s bullish market view.

01.10.2025 20

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Wall Street will be ruled by ‘rumor and pseudo-drama’ if government shutdown goes ahead, warns UBS

Wall Street braces for a U.S. government shutdown as payroll data stalls, leaving the Fed and investors flying blind on key economic signals.

30.09.2025 30

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Wall Street sees no ‘material drawback’ in stocks thanks to consumers, says Fed’s Hammack—problem is, shoppers are increasingly shaky

Cleveland Fed chief Beth Hammack says markets expect strong consumer demand to keep fueling record S&P 500 gains—even as confidence slips.

29.09.2025 10

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Ken Griffin says CEOs lining up to beg Trump for tariff exemptions is ‘nauseating’—and that the White House showing ‘favor’ undermines the American story

Ken Griffin urges the White House to avoid picking corporate “winners and losers,” warning exemptions for major companies could backfire with...

26.09.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

The Fed’s once oh-so-certain cuts for the rest of 2025 are already fading into oblivion

U.S. economic data keeps coming back stronger than expected, and frankly it's raining on the parade for markets.

26.09.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

If you can’t work out why you’re struggling when the economy is doing OK, it’s because you’re on the losing side

Oxford Economics finds that tariffs, labor dynamics, and policy shifts have hit younger and lower-income households hardest.

25.09.2025 30

Eleanor Pringle

Bessent says New York can ‘drop dead’ if it elects Mamdani and ever needs a bailout

Bessent seemed determined to drive his warning home: "You can't enact policies like this and expect to be bailed out."

25.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Before hiring his CEO, MrBeast insisted the Silicon Valley investor met his mom

Jeff Housenbold spent a couple of hours with the YouTube star's mother—and missed his flight.

24.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Jamie Dimon says Trump’s efficiency drive isn’t enough to avert debt crisis: ‘Like most problems, it’s better to deal with it than let it happen’

Dimon stressed that only faster growth—unlocked by lighter regulation and freer trade—can restore balance to the U.S.’s debt-to-GDP ratio.

23.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Warren Buffett just sold his entire stake in Tesla-rival BYD as profits fall and tariff questions rise

Buffett's backing had been a feather in the cap of BYD because Berkshire Hathaway has thus far resisted in investing in its main rival, Elon Musk's...

22.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

The Fed doesn’t actually have a ‘dual’ mandate—there’s a third part it rarely mentions, and economists want it to stay that way

Some experts told Fortune that they had forgotten entirely about the long-term interest rate rule.

21.09.2025 20

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Trump’s social security chief says ‘everything’ is on the table and retirement is about to get a ‘different set of rules’

With Social Security projected to be insolvent by 2032, Commissioner Frank Bisignano says options like raising the retirement age are on the table for...

19.09.2025 40

Eleanor Pringle

Markets got what they wanted from Powell with a Fed rate cut and they’re still not happy

Jerome Powell delivered a 25bps rate cut, but Wall Street’s muted reaction reflects concern it was a risk move on jobs, not confidence.

18.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

The economy is reliant on the ‘fortunes of the well-to-do’ says Moody’s—if the ultra-rich get nervy that means recession

Mark Zandi says of the rich: "If they turn more cautious, for whatever reason, the economy has a big problem."

17.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

This week’s Fed meeting is likely to be the most divisive in three decades, says Deutsche Bank

With markets convinced of a Fed rate cut, Powell must navigate divisions inside the FOMC over inflation, tariffs, and jobs data.

15.09.2025 6

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Jamie Dimon says his successor at JPMorgan doesn’t need to be the smartest person in the room, they need to be the ‘Pied Piper’

Jamie Dimon says the next JPMorgan CEO must be a “coach” and motivator, not just the smartest in the room, as succession planning heats up.

12.09.2025 5

Eleanor Pringle

‘Dust off your rate-cutting playbook,’ JPMorgan tells clients, the evidence for a Fed cut just keeps piling up

With U.S. jobless claims surging and labor data revised sharply lower, markets see Powell locked into a September Fed rate cut despite sticky...

12.09.2025 5

Eleanor Pringle

A ‘perfect alignment’ across markets has Wall Street 100% convinced of a rate cut

Job weakness and softer inflation data push markets to fully price a September Fed cut, but Powell’s decision could spark volatility if he resists.

11.09.2025 4

Eleanor Pringle

Jamie Dimon isn’t convinced by the market’s theory that huge job revisions aren’t a recession indicator

“Hopefully things will be okay, but you do see that kind of weakening,” he said.

11.09.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

Labor market is at a ‘turning point’ says new study—and it hasn’t been this difficult to land a job since the height of the pandemic

Conference Board data signals potential U.S. jobs turning point, as economistMitchell Barnes highlights rising job seeker struggles and weakening...

09.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Sorry Jerome, weakening economic data is ‘exactly what markets needed’, says Wharton professor

Jerome Powell’s Fed faces labor market weakness as Wall Street bets on rate cuts, with Jeremy Siegel and Goldman Sachs backing easing ahead.

09.09.2025 10

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Ken Griffin lays down the law on why Trump needs to back off the Fed, saying his meddling could prompt a national debt crisis

Ken Griffin warns Trump’s pressure on Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve risks eroding U.S. institutional credibility.

08.09.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

The labor market is on a knife edge, and the factors weakening it aren’t going anywhere

The Federal Reserve faces rising labor market weakness as BLS revisions, JOLTS downturn, and AI job displacement fuel calls for FOMC rate cuts—but...

05.09.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

The canary in the coal mine is singing as global bond selloff raises national debt concerns

Global bond yields surge toward multi-decade highs as U.S., U.K., and French debt concerns mount, while gold hits a record $3,537 amid investor...

03.09.2025 4

Eleanor Pringle

The professions trying to get ahead with AI are those most likely to lose their jobs to it, St Louis Fed says

AI job losses may be starting to show up in U.S. data, with a St. Louis Fed study linking rising unemployment to industries adopting generative AI.

03.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Ray Dalio says America’s ‘debt-induced heart attack’ will happen under Trump 2.0—and no one’s brave enough to stop it

"I think that what is happening now politically and socially is analogous to what happened around the world in the 1930-40 period," he said.

02.09.2025 30

Eleanor Pringle

This OpenAI engineer left her dream job and San Francisco home to move to Stockholm—all because of Trump 2.0

Ex-OpenAI researcher Miki Habryn left her dream job and U.S. home under Trump, joining a wave of Americans moving abroad amid political fears.

01.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Trump quashes health concerns on Truth Social — ‘never felt better in my life’ — and tees up next battle with Fed’s Lisa Cook

Trump pushes Judge Jia Cobb to recuse from his battle with Fed Governor Lisa Cook, escalating tensions over the central bank’s independence.

01.09.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

The first battle in the war on Fed independence takes shape today in Lisa Cook’s emergency hearing

Trump’s bid to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook faces a legal showdown as she sues to block her removal, escalating the fight over Fed independence.

29.08.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Gen Z are six times more likely to be investing now than in 2015—driven by economic optimism and ‘social media investment fads,’ says JPMorgan

"In market downturns, we’ll see a significant number of new investors facing losses—directly visible to them in real-time. New investors, or even...

28.08.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Investors are looking at bargains in China, says HSBC investment boss, pushed by AI discounts and fears over Trump 2.0

HSBC's Willem Sels tells Fortune in an exclusive interview that while U.S. markets remain resilient, geopolitical uncertainty is pushing investors to...

28.08.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Trump’s threat to fire another Fed member has Wall Street weighing the price of ‘wrecking institutions’ with ‘scapegoat economics’

While UBS’s Paul Donovan told clients the attempt was “completely unprecedented,” Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel argued her ousting adds “noise but...

26.08.2025 5

Eleanor Pringle

Trump may want lower interest rates for consumers, but it sure is convenient for the national debt he’s creating, too

While Trump frames the issue as consumer pain, Wharton’s Joao Gomes told Fortune that cheaper borrowing would also ease interest payments on the...

20.08.2025 3

Eleanor Pringle

Markets are usually bubbly in Jackson Hole week. This year that might not happen

Powell’s Jackson Hole speech looms as markets temper Fed rate-cut bets, with hot PPI data, labor market weakness, and tariff risks clouding outlook.

19.08.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Wall Street is banking that Powell will signal a rate cut at Jackson Hole—but the closer it gets, the less likely it looks

Markets bet on a September Fed rate cut at Jackson Hole, but sticky inflation, Trump tariffs, and Powell’s framework review could derail expectations.

18.08.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

Trump says tariffs are going to be enough to pay down national debt. It likely won’t even touch the sides

In exclusive interviews with Fortune, Wharton’s Professor Joao Gomes and AEI’s Desmond Lachman warned that while tariffs may slow debt growth,...

17.08.2025 60

Eleanor Pringle

Brian Niccol wants your Starbucks drink to be made within 4 minutes of ordering

Niccol said Starbucks was founded on customer experience, and wants to return the brand to a position of excellence.

15.08.2025 5

Eleanor Pringle

BlackRock’s Rick Rieder says this is the ‘best investing environment ever’ — he’s conveniently in the running for next Fed chairman

While Rieder's dovish stance aligns with President Trump’s, the BlackRock exec's acknowledgment of tariff-driven inflation may test his appeal to...

14.08.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

In Trump’s year of cost-cutting and efficiency, national debt soars past $37 trillion

White House deputy press secretary Kush Desai told Fortune the debt-to-GDP ratio has fallen under Trump and will keep improving with pro-growth...

13.08.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Markets have convinced themselves they’ll get a September interest rate cut—now they’re eyeing a double reduction

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for 50bps to offset missed opportunities earlier this summer, but some analysts warn that rising core...

13.08.2025 10

Eleanor Pringle

Jerome Powell’s job just got a whole lot easier as inflation data sidesteps disaster

July inflation data suggests the FOMC's dual mandate may not be in as much of a pickle as economists previously feared.

12.08.2025 20

Eleanor Pringle

Markets are so used to the TACO trade they didn’t even blink when Trump extended a tariff delay with China

Once upon a time, a decision to delay sky-high tariffs on China would have been an eleventh hour save—but in 2025 markets barely noticed.

12.08.2025 10

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One FOMC dissenter might have just called out the Fed for its shifting base interest rate policy

Citing sharp downward revisions to U.S. job growth, Bowman reiterated her forecast for three cuts this year while warning that declining data...

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Roughly half of U.S. states are effectively in a recession and ‘hanging on by their fingertips,’ Moody’s chief economist says

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Jamie Dimon isn’t taking a recession off the table for 2026: ‘You don’t wish it because certain people will get hurt’

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America is ‘flirting with recession’ if tech investment slows, according to new modeling—but bubble risk is still smaller than dot-com era

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America’s economy is on a ‘sugar high’ warns Ken Griffin, and investors retreating to gold is one sign of a comedown

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America saw ‘essentially no job growth’ last month, warns Moody’s, and any roles added were in three wealthy states

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By supporting Argentina, the U.S. government hopes to start a domino effect preventing ‘failed states’ across South America, says Bessent

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Everything’s supposedly rosy on Wall Street—but gold is rallying higher as investors seek safety in government shutdown

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Yet another recession indicator is flashing as consumer confidence declines sharply in September

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Wall Street will be ruled by ‘rumor and pseudo-drama’ if government shutdown goes ahead, warns UBS

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Wall Street sees no ‘material drawback’ in stocks thanks to consumers, says Fed’s Hammack—problem is, shoppers are increasingly shaky

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Ken Griffin says CEOs lining up to beg Trump for tariff exemptions is ‘nauseating’—and that the White House showing ‘favor’ undermines the American story

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The Fed’s once oh-so-certain cuts for the rest of 2025 are already fading into oblivion

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Bessent says New York can ‘drop dead’ if it elects Mamdani and ever needs a bailout

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Before hiring his CEO, MrBeast insisted the Silicon Valley investor met his mom

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Jamie Dimon says Trump’s efficiency drive isn’t enough to avert debt crisis: ‘Like most problems, it’s better to deal with it than let it happen’

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Warren Buffett just sold his entire stake in Tesla-rival BYD as profits fall and tariff questions rise

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The Fed doesn’t actually have a ‘dual’ mandate—there’s a third part it rarely mentions, and economists want it to stay that way

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Trump’s social security chief says ‘everything’ is on the table and retirement is about to get a ‘different set of rules’

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Markets got what they wanted from Powell with a Fed rate cut and they’re still not happy

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The economy is reliant on the ‘fortunes of the well-to-do’ says Moody’s—if the ultra-rich get nervy that means recession

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This week’s Fed meeting is likely to be the most divisive in three decades, says Deutsche Bank

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Jamie Dimon says his successor at JPMorgan doesn’t need to be the smartest person in the room, they need to be the ‘Pied Piper’

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‘Dust off your rate-cutting playbook,’ JPMorgan tells clients, the evidence for a Fed cut just keeps piling up

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A ‘perfect alignment’ across markets has Wall Street 100% convinced of a rate cut

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Jamie Dimon isn’t convinced by the market’s theory that huge job revisions aren’t a recession indicator

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Labor market is at a ‘turning point’ says new study—and it hasn’t been this difficult to land a job since the height of the pandemic

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Sorry Jerome, weakening economic data is ‘exactly what markets needed’, says Wharton professor

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Ken Griffin lays down the law on why Trump needs to back off the Fed, saying his meddling could prompt a national debt crisis

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The labor market is on a knife edge, and the factors weakening it aren’t going anywhere

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The canary in the coal mine is singing as global bond selloff raises national debt concerns

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The professions trying to get ahead with AI are those most likely to lose their jobs to it, St Louis Fed says

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Ray Dalio says America’s ‘debt-induced heart attack’ will happen under Trump 2.0—and no one’s brave enough to stop it

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This OpenAI engineer left her dream job and San Francisco home to move to Stockholm—all because of Trump 2.0

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The first battle in the war on Fed independence takes shape today in Lisa Cook’s emergency hearing

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Gen Z are six times more likely to be investing now than in 2015—driven by economic optimism and ‘social media investment fads,’ says JPMorgan

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Investors are looking at bargains in China, says HSBC investment boss, pushed by AI discounts and fears over Trump 2.0

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