This story about the February 2026 PCE inflation is developing and will be updated with more details. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge remained stubbornly high in February as consumers continued to face elevated price growth.The Commerce Department on Thursday reported that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index rose 0.4% on a…
Mortgage rates fell this week after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage declined to 6.37% from last week’s reading of…
Amazon is signaling a major shift in how it plans to serve customers, starting with rewriting parts of its own playbook. CEO Andy Jassy released his annual letter to shareholders on Thursday, writing that the tech giant is not content to simply add artificial intelligence features to its existing retail…
Americans are facing a tale of two grocery lists. While some prices are cooling, the items families rely on most for energy and nutrition — meat and coffee — are seeing sharp increases that wipe out any savings in the bread aisle.Fourteen of the 25 most common grocery store staples…
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned that New York City and other cities with high taxes and regulatory burdens run the risk of losing businesses and workers to locales with more hospitable business climates. Dimon released his annual letter to shareholders on Monday in conjunction…
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BARTOW, Florida – Florida is facing its worst drought in 25 years, intensifying pressure on a citrus industry already battered by disease, hurricanes and rising costs. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 100% of the state is experiencing some level of drought, with more than 75% in extreme drought conditions. The…
General Motors has issued a recall affecting more than 17,000 vehicles over a rear toe link fracture that increases the risk of a crash. The recall from General Motors applies to about 17,050 Buicks due to a rear toe link fracture that can cause loss of vehicle control, increasing the…
Papa John’s International is reportedly reviewing a new proposal to take the company private in a potential $1.5 billion acquisition, according to Reuters. Irth Capital Management, a Qatari-backed investment fund supported by Brookfield Asset Management, reportedly submitted the proposal on Wednesday, offering $47 per share, a 44% premium over the…
Iran warned the United States on Wednesday that oil prices could soar to $200 a barrel as escalating U.S. and Israeli strikes against the country continue to rattle global energy markets. To prevent what could be one of the worst oil shocks since the 1970s, the U.S. announced that Washington,…
The Internal Revenue Service has doled out millions of tax refunds amid the ongoing 2025 tax filing season. More than 8 million tax refunds have gone out during the 2025 season as of Feb. 7 and, according to the IRS, those refunds have averaged $2,065 each. When taxpayers receive their refunds,…
Americans who are planning for their retirement can get bigger Social Security benefit checks by delaying their application for benefits until after they reach full retirement age. The monthly benefit payments to Social Security beneficiaries are determined based on their full retirement age (FRA), which varies based on the year a worker…
Balances for 401(k) retirement accounts hit the “second-highest average on record” in the final quarter of 2024, according to new data from Fidelity Investments. The financial services company found in its newly-released fourth-quarter retirement analysis that balances for that type of retirement plan averaged $131,700. That figure marked a jump of…
Taxpayers in several states may face delays in receiving their tax refunds this filing season amid changes in tax policies as well as the processes for filing returns. Tax refunds are issued to taxpayers when the amount of taxes they paid over the course of the year is greater than the…
There’s good news for potential homebuyers: mortgage rates continued to trend down this week. In January, rates hit 7.04%, the highest level since last May. This week, however, 30-year rates dropped to 6.76% for fixed-rate mortgages, according to Freddie Mac. “This week, mortgage rates decreased to their lowest level in…
The latest inflation data from the Labor Department showed that price increases continued at a steady pace in February, though some items saw notable price hikes or declines. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.4% from a year ago in February, a figure that was…
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