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Fed meeting: Dow, S&P 500 hit all-time highs as policymakers still see 3 rate cuts in 2024  MarketWatch Source link

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug 27 (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth, still racing at a potentially inflationary pace as other key parts of the world slow, could pose global risks if it forces Federal Reserve officials to raise interest rates higher than currently expected. The Fed’s aggressive rate increases last year had the potential to stress […]

COLFAX — Everyone here knew the data: Black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than white women.  And they knew the cause: hard-to-solve social and structural problems in health care. Their goal: Get to the source of the problem to help save the lives of Black mothers and their […]

In recent months, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear saber rattling has forced observers and policymakers to try to figure out how seriously to take his threats. Unfortunately, few of the countless analyses published thus far have assessed the probability that Putin will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine in specific, quantitative terms. Most merely conclude that […]

October 11, 2022 Less than 3% of librarians and archivists in the United States are Black. Less than 2% are Indigenous peoples. It’s not hard, says Jessica Salow, to figure out why. “The reason why we don’t have a high representation of BIPOCBlack, Indigenous, people of color people within this profession is because many folks […]

LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – With global inventories steadily falling and spare capacity eroding, the oil market resembles a geological fault line in which stress is quietly accumulating and will eventually be relieved by an earthquake of as yet unknown magnitude. The most likely stress relief will come from a deceleration in oil consumption as […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Hear Us” is a column series that features experts of color and their insights on issues related to the economy and racial justice. Follow us here and at #HearUs4Justice. Here we are, nearly a year and a half post uprisings, and lawmakers have . . .

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Hear Us” is a column series that features experts of color and their insights on issues related to the economy and racial justice. Follow us here and at #HearUs4Justice. Here we are, nearly a year and a half post uprisings, and lawmakers have . . .


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