Republicans have identified six Minnesota House of Representatives seats where DFLers won by thin margins, including ones in St. Cloud and northeast Minnesota.
All eyes will once again turn to the Federal Reserve this week as they meet to discuss the next steps with interest rates and economic policy. Specifically, will they raise rates above their current 23-year high? Or will they keep them steady following a series of disappointing inflation reports at the start of 2024? After all, rate cuts that seemed promising at the beginning of the year now seem off the table, possibly for the rest of the year. And while the Fed doesn't directly dictate rates...
Suicide Prevention Regional Coordinators aim to coordinate local suicide prevention efforts and work with partners to implement strategies to reduce the prevalence of suicide and related behavior.
Federal Reserve policymakers have been obsessed with when they may safely lower interest rates to avoid a recession without impeding the path to 2% inflation.
North East property prices are rising faster than anywhere else in the UK. The latest Land Registry statistics show house prices across the region rose to an average £160,406 in February, a monthly jump of 3.2%, and 2.9% year-on-year. Across England as a whole, prices rose by 0.6 % in February but were down by 1.1% over the previous 12 months. Scotland saw prices fall by an average of 0.6% during February, but that still represented a year-on-year rise of 5.6%. The picture was reversed in...
The number of mortgage applications, including refinancings and additions, increased by 16 percent in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same quarter last year. Applications for the purchase of a home increased by 19 percent, De Hypotheker reported on Wednesday. Half of these applications were from young home buyers under the age of 35.
The Australian Dollar surges driven by growing hawkish sentiment surrounding RBA, following the hot CPI data. Judo Bank chief economic adviser Warren Hogan predicts that the RBA might increase the cash rate three times in 2024. The safe-haven JPY loses ground due to the uncertainty surrounding the BoJ's rate outlook. AUD/JPY continues its winning streak for the sixth successive session on Monday, hovering around 104.50, a level not seen since April 2013. The persistent upward momentum of the...
Today, the Commerce Department released a snapshot of its growth report for the first quarter. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 1.6 percent, its slowest pace in nearly two years. Further, inflation rates have also risen dramatically. Many economists are describing this as “the worst of both worlds.” Economists polled by Reuters […]
Nearly a year ago, John Johnson of Westlake was the epitome of health, eating the right foods and staying active, completing the 2023 Cleveland marathon in less than three hours.
Korean drama Hide, Episode 10's ratings are on the way back up as, with just two episodes to go, the suspense is still real.
This marks the second consecutive year of declining undergraduate applications for Harvard.
The possibility that interest rates have peaked and are set to fall has been cited as one reason for the pace of property price rises picking up.