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Walmart shoppers’ behavior hasn’t changed much even as tariffs push prices higher, analysts say

While there were signs that customers were switching from more expensive items to more affordable ones, Walmart was “taking less

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Social Security Administration quietly corrects blog on taxation of benefits — but confusion persists

Public comments on the agency’s blog show beneficiaries remain confused about the new law. Source link

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Bessent tries to show Trump ‘he can get what he wants’ at the Fed without causing market turmoil

The president has backed further away from rhetoric about firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Source link

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Company insiders now are bearish to the extreme — but they’re upbeat on these 11 stocks

Overall, executives and directors are down on 10 S&P 500 sectors — and positive about just this one. Source link

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Trump may be testing the waters by threatening to fire Fed’s Powell. Why he’s playing a dangerous game.

Reports that President Trump was planning to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent stocks and the U.S. dollar tumbling

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Where’s the inflation from tariffs? What stocks and earnings tell us about rising prices with June CPI on deck.

Tuesday’s consumer-price index report for June comes into sharp focus for the stock market this week. Source link

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A key piece of the next consumer-price report risks upsetting the bond market

The next major U.S. inflation report is set to arrive on Tuesday in the form of the consumer-price index for

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Dow increases layoffs to more than 2,000 as demand for building materials remains weak

Dow to close three plants and cut 800 jobs in addition to the 1,500 job cuts announced in January. Source

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My job is offering me a payout. Should I take a $61,000 lump sum — or $355 a month for life?

“My S&P 500 investments have roughly doubled every seven years.” Source link

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This question could change the course of Trump’s trade war — if only we would ask it

Are Trump’s tariffs ethical? By any measure, no — but here’s how they could be. Source link