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1 week ago | 
waaytv.com | Bryan Mena
Washington (CNN) — It’s been a little while since Americans had an inkling of optimism about the economy. Consumer confidence rose 12.3 points this month to a reading of 98, the Conference Board said in its latest survey released Tuesday, the first monthly gain since November and the biggest monthly increase since March 2021. That’s higher than economists’ expectations for a reading of 88, according to data firm FactSet.
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1 week ago | 
cnnespanol.cnn.com | Bryan Mena
¿Hay un plan para enfrentar la guerra comercial? 10:00 - Fuente: CNN ¿Hay un plan para enfrentar la guerra comercial? 10:00 CNN — Al final de la semana, quedará mucho más claro cómo se mantiene la economía estadounidense en medio de los cambios radicales de política del presidente Donald Trump.
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1 week ago | 
komu.com | Bryan Mena
It’s been a little while since Americans had an inkling of optimism about the economy. Consumer confidence rose 12.3 points this month to a reading of 98, the Conference Board said in its latest survey released Tuesday, the first monthly gain since November. That’s higher than economists’ expectations for a reading of 88, according to data firm FactSet.
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1 week ago | 
cnn.com | Bryan Mena
A customer shops at a department store in Queens on April 10 in New York City. Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images Washington CNN — It’s been a little while since Americans had an inkling of optimism about the economy. Consumer confidence rose 12.3 points this month to a reading of 98, the Conference Board said in its latest survey released Tuesday, the first monthly gain since November.
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1 week ago | 
cnn.com | Bryan Mena
A container ship is moored at the port of the port of New York & New Jersey in Elizabeth, NJ on May 12. Matt Rourke/AP Washington CNN — By week’s end, it’ll be much clearer how the US economy is holding up amid President Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes. Trump’s erratic trade war has already unsettled consumers and taken a toll on economic growth — mostly due to American businesses rushing to stock up on imports.
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1 week ago | 
cnnbrasil.com.br | Bryan Mena
Ser um funcionário público honesto será sempre uma escolha gratificante, disse no domingo o chairman do Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, num discurso proferido durante uma cerimónia de pré-graduação na Universidade de Princeton, em meio a meses de ataques pessoais implacáveis do presidente Donald Trump. “À medida que vocês navegarem no mundo de possibilidades brilhantes que os espera, peço que aceitem o desafio e a oportunidade de servir os vossos concidadãos”, disse Powell.
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1 week ago | 
cnn.com | Bryan Mena
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference held by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on May 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Washington CNN — Being an honest public servant will always be a rewarding choice, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday in a speech at Princeton University’s graduation ceremony amid months of unrelenting personal attacks from President Donald Trump.
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3 weeks ago | 
wkow.com | Bryan Mena |Elisabeth Buchwald
(CNN) - In a sign that consumer demand may be fraying around the edges, spending at US retailers slowed sharply in April to 0.1% after a surge of 1.7% in March as shoppers rushed to beat President Donald Trump's stiff tariffs. The April data was worse than the 0.2% monthly rise economists polled by FactSet predicted. Among the biggest monthly declines was motor vehicle and part sales, which declined to -0.1% in April from 5.5% in March.
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3 weeks ago | 
channel3000.com | Bryan Mena |Elisabeth Buchwald
(CNN) — Spending at US retailers slowed sharply last month to 0.1%, a sharp decline from last month’s revised 1.7% monthly surge in sales after shoppers rushed to beat President Donald Trump’s stiff tariffs earlier in the spring, in a sign that consumer demand may be fraying around the edges. The April data was worse than the 0.2% monthly rise economists polled by FactSet predicted.
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4 weeks ago | 
cnn.com | Elisabeth Buchwald |Bryan Mena |Alicia Wallace |David Goldman
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