The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, evidence that layoffs remain at unusually low levels and the job market is moving closer to full health. Weekly applications for jobless …
In a sweeping environmental manifesto aimed at spurring concrete action, Pope Francis called Thursday for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he described as a “structurally perverse” …
Bank repossessions rose again last month, driving overall U.S. foreclosure activity to a 19-month high on an annual basis, industry firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday. A total of 126,868 homes across the country were at some point in the foreclosure process in May, up 1 percent from April and up 16 percent from the same time last year, RealtyTrac said. Foreclosure activity includes foreclosure notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions.
The Labor Department said on Thursday its Consumer Price Index rose 0.4 percent last month after gaining 0.1 percent in April. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the CPI rising 0.5 percent from April and unchanged from a year ago. While energy prices are stabilizing, a strong dollar is curbing underlying inflation pressures.
Nick Colas, director of research at BNY ConvergEx, sees the growing number of $1 million-plus summer rentals as in indication that Wall Street’s richest are getting an increase in income.
U.S. stock-index futures rose, with investors speculating on the possibility of progress in Greek debt talks, as European finance ministers meet in Luxembourg.
With Greece’s relations with its European counterparts at a low ebb, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will head to Russia on Thursday.
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