Productivity increases at slower pace

Consumer trust in Boeing is wearing thin since an airplane door ripped off a 737 Max 9 in January, which has been followed by a string of other recent Boeing safety incidents. So how much does faltering trust actually impact the business of air travel? Plus, President Joe Biden w ...  Show more

From the BBC World Service: China’s annual policy meeting has drawn to a close at a time when the country has mountains of debt, high youth unemployment and a property sector in crisis. So what is the government’s plan to boost confidence and steady the economy? Also on today’s p ...  Show more

Stocks close higher; worker output outpaces hours worked; new unemployment claims increase; Starbucks sales rise. 

Stocks close mixed; inventories higher than this time last year; rent growth outpaced wage growth since 2019; Uber, Lyft bookings rise. 

Send us Fan MailTech stocks lead Wall Street higher in strong first half as PCE inflationeases. Growth optimism outweighs Fed rate hike bets as Asia rallies too.But dollar bounces off lows ahead of ISM PMIs, jobs report.Risk Warning: Our services involve a significant risk and ca ...  Show more

Stocks close higher; cost of financial services, equipment wholesaling and other services rise; mortgage rates near 7%; initial jobless claims fall.