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Treasury yields dipped Thursday as investors positioned for Friday's delayed January CPI report. The 10-year fell to 4.158% with economists expecting 0.3% monthly inflation.
Social Security's 2.8% COLA raised the average retirement benefit by $56 a month, but a $17.90 Medicare Part B premium increase is consuming nearly a third of the raise for most retirees.
Cigna's Express Scripts reached a landmark settlement with the FTC over insulin pricing manipulation. The 10-year agreement mandates structural PBM reforms including delinking compensation from list prices and favoring lower-cost alternatives.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said inflation risks are tilted higher and she will not support another rate cut until price pressures from tariffs recede.
Average new-vehicle loan rates dropped to 6.6% in November, but affordability remains challenged as transaction prices officially exceeded $50,000 for the first time.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index rose to 91.2 in February, but the Expectations Index has remained below the critical 80 threshold for 13 consecutive months, a historically reliable recession signal.
The Department of Government Efficiency eliminated 350,000 federal positions in its first year, the largest peacetime workforce reduction in U.S. history. But total government spending kept climbing, exposing a fundamental misunderstanding about how the federal budget actually works.
The 10-year Treasury yield fell below 4% while short-term rates climbed, creating a rare yield curve twist that has preceded every recession in modern history. Here is what the bond market is telling equity investors.
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.98% this week, crossing below 6% for the first time since September 2022. The drop could unlock the housing market's lock-in effect and reshape the spring buying season.
Core PCE inflation reaccelerated to 3.1% in January while GDP slowed to 1.4% in Q4. The Federal Reserve faces its most difficult policy environment since the 1970s, and the rate cut playbook for 2026 has been torn up.
Elon Musk's DOGE claimed $160 billion in federal savings, but Congress rejected most cuts. A CBS News analysis found the experiment may have cost taxpayers $135 billion.
Private credit's $3 trillion market faces mounting risks as AI disrupts software borrowers, NAV facilities create hidden leverage, and regulators raise questions about opaque valuations.