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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The tech-heavy Nasdaq index partly rebounded on Friday from its worst day in four months in choppy trading, even as sentiment remained fragile, with fears of a rise in inflation keeping U.S. bond yields near a one-year high.FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in the Manhattan borough of […]

Personal income soared by 10% from December 2020 to January 2021 thanks in large part to government stimulus benefits, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The December 2020 Covid-19 relief bill provided $600 stimulus payments for many individuals and extended key federal unemployment benefits. The BEA finds those two social benefits "more than […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending increased by the most in seven months in January as the government doled out more pandemic relief money to low-income households and new COVID-19 infections dropped, positioning the economy for faster growth in the first quarter.FILE PHOTO: Carlos Gonzalez, managing partner of the Oz Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Nightclub, counts money ahead of the Tampa […]

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(Reuters) – European stocks fell on Friday as investors booked profits in high-flying technology shares due to concerns over rising inflation and interest rates on the back of a jump in bond yields. The benchmark European stock index was down 0.6%, paring earlier losses but still on track to record its first weekly fall this month. London’s FTSE 100 slipped […]

(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes extended losses on Friday as fears of a potential rise in inflation kept U.S. bond yields around one-year high, while tech stocks clawed back some losses.Slideshow ( 2 images )Shares of Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc edged up between 0.4% and 1%, but were headed for their worst week in months. The […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending increased by the most in seven months in January as the government doled out more pandemic relief money to low-income households and new COVID-19 infections dropped, setting up the economy for faster growth in the first quarter.FILE PHOTO: Carlos Gonzalez, managing partner of the Oz Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Nightclub, counts money ahead of the […]