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2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Predicting The Economic Impacts
am EDT Meteorological experts are forecasting an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season for 2024, attributing this uptick in activity to warmer ocean temperatures and favorable atmospheric...

Weekly jobless claims rise to highest level since August
New York CNN  —  First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose last week to 231,000, the highest level since August, in another sign that the white-hot labor market is starting to cool...

Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Jump To 2024 High As Labor Market Cracks Show
am EDT Topline Jobless claims rose far more than expected last week, according to government data released Thursday morning, bringing an unwelcome development for workers but exhibiting the signs...

Why Venezuela is no longer in freefall
Back in 2019, The Indicator started checking in on with a Venezuelan economist Gabriela Saade. The economy was in freefall. The country was suffering from hyperinflation and a huge jump in...

Wage Growth No Longer Instigating Inflation
pm EDT Renewed fears of sticky inflation pushed 10-year Treasury yields nearly 50 basis points higher and the S&P 500 Index 4.2% lower in April. However, wage data has continued to moderate in 2024...

Crunch Time: Navigating Corporate Debt In A Rising Rate Environment
...they continue with higher interest rates, we may see a wave of foreclosures and bankruptcies, with accompanying layoffs and job losses. This large amount of maturing corporate debt needs to be...