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The designation applies to chemicals long used in consumer goods; Israel’s credit rating gets a downgrade from S&P; France requires shrinkflation warnings; American Express profits jump on more consumer spending.

Stocks close mixed; housing inventory rises; leading economic indicators index falls; initial jobless claims unchanged.

D.R. Horton increased quarterly profit by 27%; TSMC forecasts sales increase of up to 30% on A.I. chip demand; initial jobless claims remain at a low of 212,000; U.S. investigating China’s shipbuilding industry over potential unfair subsidies.

Stocks close down; employment rises modestly; price increases in line with previous surveys; car insurance jumps over the last year.

White House says China is flooding U.S. with artificially cheap steel, aluminum; United Airlines Q1 losses less than feared; Tesla wants shareholders to reinstate Musk’s $56 billion pay package; Transportation Department to partner with states to investigate airline passenger complaints.

Stocks close mixed; Powell says it’ll take longer than expected to be confident that inflation is moving down; housing starts fall; industrial production rises.

IMF improves global economic growth forecast to 3.2%; new housing construction plummets in March; UnitedHealth beats earnings forecasts despite ransomware attack; Bank of America’s profit falls amid high interest rates.

Stocks close down; retail sales rise 0.7% from February; homebuilder confidence flat in April; investment banking revenue pushes up Goldman Sachs earnings.

Retail sales increased 0.7% in March, Commerce Department says; FBI boards cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge; Goldman Sachs quarterly profits soar amid more deal making; global smartphone sales rise nearly 8%.

Stocks fall; JP Morgan CEO cites economic uncertainty; consumer confidence holds steady; import prices rise in March.

Profits rose 6% at JPMorgan Chase; BlackRock profits soar 36%; Citigroup, Wells Fargo profits decline; S&P 500 quarterly earnings expected to be up 5%.

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

Delta Air Lines reported strong sales and summer demand; Constellation Brands reported strong beer sales; CarMax struggled amid high prices and interest rates; initial jobless claims declined to 211,000 last week; ECB maintains record high interest rate.

The annual rate of CPI inflation ticked up in March; Accounting giant KPMG fined $25 million in exam-cheating scandal; Trump Organization’s former CFO gets 5 months jail sentence for perjury.

The U.N.’s Simon Stiell is calling for changes in global finance to help fund climate change response; inflation increased to 3.5% in March, the Labor Department says; starting today, broadband providers must provide price labels; Google, Intel unveil advanced chips for A.I.

Small business optimism falls; gold hits a new record; EPA tightens rules for chemical plants.

Small business hiring plans are at the lowest levels since May 2020, NFIB finds; Norfolk Southern agrees to $600 million settlement for East Palestine derailment; EPA issues tougher chemical plant emissions rule; European countries along North Sea form alliance to protect infrastructure.

A muted day on Wall Street; consumers’ inflation expectations are stable; Biden Administration to provide more student loan relief.

A slow period for tourism has gotten an eclipse boost; salvage crews begin removing containers off ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge; Biden administration is canceling accrued interest on student loan debt; Commerce Department to provide $6.6 billion to TSMC to build chip manufacturing hub in Phoenix.

Stocks close higher; average pay continues to outpace inflation; unemployment rate ticks down; consumer credit rises.

Private and public employers added 303,000 jobs in March; average wages increased 0.3% between February and March; engineers expect to increase vessel access to Baltimore’s port by the end of the month; Yellen, in China visit, points to manufacturing overcapacity.

Stocks fall; imports of consumer goods, food and vehicles increase; Cleveland Fed president wants to see a couple more months of data; unemployment claims rise.

Disney CEO says password crackdown coming in June; Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million for Max problems; Kiss sells catalog to virtual concert creator; initial jobless claims rise to two-month high, but are still historically low.

Stocks close mixed; leisure and hospitality sector adds most jobs; service sector expands at slower pace; Powell says the Fed remains on track for rate cuts.

U.S. car sales soar in Q1; Tesla sales plummet; Disney shareholders to vote on proxy battle; Intel’s production unit loses $7 billion.

Stocks fall; job openings down from peak two years ago; GM sales fall; factory orders rise.

GE completes yearslong breakup as final two divisions trade as separate companies; job openings remain elevated at 8.8 million; millions could lose broadband internet subsides unless Congress acts; officials working to open second temporary channel in and out of Baltimore’s port.

Stocks close mixed; manufacturers lose jobs as output expands; construction spending ticks down; labor market reports due this week.

The temporary channel will be open to some vessels; Texas judge blocks Biden administration’s efforts to expand fair lending rules; UPS to become USPS’s primary air shipper; Nippon Steel says U.S. Steel purchase would be beneficial.

Stocks close mixed; year-over-year inflation steadily ticking down; Fed chair Jay Powell says data in line with Fed’s expectations; consumer spending rises.

Core PCE rises 0.3% in February; wholesale and retail inventories grow; the U.S. trade deficit expands; feds send first emergency funds for Baltimore bridge.

Stocks close mixed; people less anxious about inflation; pending home sales rise; initial unemployment claims fall.

GDP was higher in the fourth quarter than previous estimates; consumer sentiment holds steady; insurance claims from Baltimore’s bridge collapse could near $4 billion; Home Depot courts more professional builders.

Stocks rise; Secretary Buttigieg says government is starting the process of releasing funding for Maryland; Fitch warns about bank multifamily loan exposure; Japanese yen falls.

Authorities have recovered the black box from the container ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge; some automakers say they are being impacted; Trump Media shares soar in market debut; Disney adds Hulu content for Disney+ subscribers.

Stocks fall; supply chains scrambling to absorb capacity after Baltimore port shuts down vessel traffic; home prices fall in January; durable goods orders rise.

Consumer confidence was essentially unchanged in March, with consumers still worried about higher inflation in the months ahead; container ship destroys Baltimore bridge; home prices rise 6% in January; Trump Media and Technology Group debuts on Nasdaq, shares soar.

Stocks fall; Energy Department funding targeted at industries that are hard to decarbonize; new home sales fall in February; Boeing CEO to step down.

The Energy Department says the largest-ever such investment will target heavily-polluting industries, such as steel and cement manufacturing; Boeing CEO to step down by end of year; New home sales dip 0.3 percent in February as existing home sales soar; EU launches new investigations of Meta, Apple, Google.

Stocks close mixed; bill heads to Senate ahead of deadline; Chrysler lays off 400 workers; State Farm not renewing 72,000 California policies.

The bipartisan bill would require AI tools and online platforms to identify “deepfakes”; Treasury yield curve is inverted for longest period ever, Deutsche Bank says; European Union considering tariffs on Russian grain; climate change will inflate food prices, study finds.

Stocks rise; DOJ argues Apple’s dominance is anticompetitive; existing home sales rise; Leading Economic Indicators index increases.

The Biden administration canceled debt for nearly 80,000 borrowers; CBO projects less federal debt thanks to immigration, spending restrictions; initial unemployment claims hover around 210,000 for fourth week; existing home sales unexpectedly jump 9.5%.

Stocks rise; Powell still looking for more good data before cutting rates; Powell says inflation is still coming down overall; Biden Administration grants $8.5B to Intel for semiconductor manufacturing.

The money will invest in chip manufacturing in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon; France fines Google $270 million over negotiations with news publishers; Southwest reaches third tentative labor deal with flight attendants’ union; Boeing delays cash goals as it works to fix safety problems.

Stocks rise; single family home construction is booming; Unilever exiting ice cream business; Federal Reserve will announce latest interest rate decision on Wednesday.

The deal needs to be approved before a weekend shutdown deadline; European Union proposal would use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine; Wall Street bonuses averaged $177,000 last year, New York state says; Unilever to spin off ice cream business which includes Magnum, Ben & Jerry’s.

Stocks rise; builder survey says demand for homes is up; mortgage application rates rise; credit rejection rates fall.

The cap of $35 takes effect June 1st; Super Micro Computer joins S&P 500 index; United Airlines reviewing safety after spate of incidents; Fitch says pharmacies, healthcare providers could take credit hit following UnitedHealth cyberattack.