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Top US Economy News

Jerome Powell · United States

Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates for the first time in 4 years

58% Center coverage: 43 sources

Having all but tamed inflation, the Federal Reserve is poised to do something Wednesday it hasn’t done in more than four years: Cut its benchmark interest rate, a step that should lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers and businesses just weeks before the presidential election. And yet an unusual air of uncertainty overhangs this week’s meeting: It’s unclear just how large the Fed’s rate cut will be. See the Story

Europe · Brussels

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

41% Left coverage: 42 sources

Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.66 billion) European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business.See the Story

Gavin Newsom · California

California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes and protect Actor's Likenesses

46% Left coverage: 37 sources

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create false images or videos in political ads ahead of the 2024 election.See the Story

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Europe · Russia

Western nations have bought $2B in Russian oil this year through sanctions workarounds

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

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Stock Markets · United States

The Implications For Markets As Fed Rate Decision Looms

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

Markets are widely anticipating the U.S. Federal Reserve to deliver its first rate cut in four years when policymakers meet this week. Click to read.See the Story

NASA · Texas

Intuitive Machines awarded $4.82B for lunar relay services

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

Surely at least one crew will get there in the next ten years? Intuitive Machines has bagged a contract worth up to $4.82 billion to support NASA's lunar relay systems.…See the Story

Business · United States

Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay

57% Center coverage: 7 sources

Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships. See the Story

Stock Markets · New York

Wall Street Heads Towards Green Start

15:18 The stock markets are slowing down in the run-up to a tense Fed meeting. AvH is a green spot in the Bel20 thanks to fan mail from London.See the Story

Stock Markets · United States

US Futures Await Fed Decision

US stocks fell into a holding pattern on Wednesday as investors braced for the Federal Reserve’s long-awaited policy decision, with the market still divided on the size of the expected rate cut. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and the S&P 500 (ES=F) rose nearly 0.1%, with record highs still within reach after a similarly muted finish on Tuesday. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) also added 0.1%. Stocks ticked over…See the Story

Stock Markets · United States

Dow edges down from record as some eye a smaller Fed rate cut

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Wall Street stocks finished little changed Tuesday as investors weighed how better than expected retail sales data would affect a Federal Reserve decision. After closing at a record Monday, the Dow edged lower, while both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended with modest gains. “I think investors are beginning to recalibrate their expectations,” Jack AblinSee the Story

Economy · West Hollywood

Inflation has slowed, but the economy remains a big issue for voters in picking a president • Oregon Capital Chronicle

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

People watch the ABC News presidential debate between Democratic nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at a watch party at The Abbey, a historic gay bar in West Hollywood, California. The economy will remain central to both campaigns even as inflation cools and wages increase. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)Inflation hit a three-year low last month, just as t…See the Story

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