• Existing Home Sales Hit 3-Year Low, Miss Estimates
  
  U.S. home sales tumbled to their lowest level in three years in December and house price increases slowed sharply, suggesting a further loss of momentum in the housing market.
• Dalio: Ocasio-Cortez's 70% Tax Rate Real Threat
  
  She may not be in Davos, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's influence is already being felt on the slopes of the Swiss Alps.
• IMF: Trade Fear to Slow World Economic Growth
  
  The world economy absorbed more bad news Monday: The International Monetary Fund cut its growth forecast for 2019. And China, the world's second-biggest economy, said it had slowed to its weakest pace since 1990.The IMF cut its estimate for global growth this year to 3.5...
• Oxfam: Wealth Gap Widening, Fairer Taxes Needed
  
  Wealth inequality around the world is "out of control" and doing particular harm to women, anti-poverty campaigner Oxfam warned Monday ahead of the annual gathering of business and political leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos.
• Survey: CEO Pessimism Soars After Upbeat 2018
  
  A survey of hundreds of corporate chieftains worldwide shows "a record jump in pessimism" about the world economy, with sentiment doused by trade spats, a global downturn and fading benefits from U.S. President Donald Trump's tax cuts.
• Economist Stephen Moore: Fed Working Against Trump
  
  Ripping into Federal Reserve policy for being too tied to the notion economic growth causes inflation, economist Stephen Moore said he is "very worried" the Fed is "working against the pro-growth policies that Donald Trump has put into effect.""They are still driven by this...
• Corporate America Wary of Economy, Not Panicking Yet
  
  Growth slowdown fears abound after stock market shudders; Still, companies report they’re observing strong activity
• Govt Shutdown Hits Consumer Confidence
  
  January sentiment index drops to lowest since Trump’s election; ‘I’m getting punished for something I have nothing to do with’
• Treasury Finalizes Tax Rule on Pass-Through Businesses
  
  The U.S. Treasury on Friday released final regulations for a tax deduction of up to 20 percent for U.S. businesses organized as so-called pass-through entities, under President Donald Trump's 2017 overhaul of the U.S. tax system.
• Travel Industry Fears Damage From Long Shutdown
  
  Longer lines are evident at some airports. But delays resulting from a rise in federal security screeners calling in sick have been slight. Yet concern is quickly growing.
• Consumer Sentiment Falls to 2-Year Low Amid Shutdown
  
  U.S. consumer sentiment tumbled to the lowest since October 2016 and future expectations dimmed, the latest evidence that the government shutdown is weighing on Americans' outlook.
• NY Fed President Warns of 'Headwinds' From Shutdown
  
  The U.S. Federal Reserve must be patient and guided by data when considering whether to raise interest rates, New York Fed President John Williams said on Friday, in remarks reinforcing the central bank's commitment to a wait-and-see approach.
• Manufacturing Output Posts Biggest Surge in 10 Months
  
  U.S. industrial production increased 0.3 percent in December, led by the biggest surge in manufacturing in ten months.
• Money Managers to Profit From Economic Downturn
  
  Some of Wall Street's biggest buyers of leveraged loans are gearing up to profit from a U.S. economic downturn.
• Shutdown Threatens Consumers, Economic Growth
  
  After tax cuts, rising incomes and buoyant stock markets set off a consumer boom in 2018, signs are emerging that the main engine of U.S. economic growth could sputter, and a record-long government shutdown further muddies the waters.Federal Reserve officials and many...
• 4 Ways Companies Can Go Green by Turning Waste Into Resources
  
  As environmental protection becomes a bigger concern, more businesses are looking for ways to turn waste into a resource or making expired products useful in different forms.Recycling anchored the environmental awareness movement in the 1960s and '70s, and companies climbed...
• Federal Workers Caught in the Middle Apply for Unemployment
  
  Thousands of federal employees and their families are applying for unemployment and food stamps to get by as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history drags on with no end in sight.
• Mnuchin to Testify for House Ways, Means on Shutdown
  
  The effect the ongoing partial government shutdown is having on the economy has led the House Ways and Means Committee to call in Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to testify later this month, according to The Hill.
• Young Americans' Wages Gain on Older Peers
  
  For the youngest members of the U.S. workforce, 2018 was a good year.Americans from the ages of 16 to 24 working in full-time positions earned $549 per week on average over the course of the year, according to data on median weekly earnings published Thursday by the Labor...
• Weekly Jobless Claims Fall as Factory Activity Rebounds
  
  The number of Americans filing applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength that should continue to underpin the economy.
• Govt Contractors Lose Shutdown Pay, Hurt Economy
  
  About 1.2 million government contractors have been ensnared in the shutdown ranging from cooks and custodians to employees of consulting giants like Deloitte LLP and Accenture PLC, according to Paul Light, a New York University professor who studies federal workers.
• Trump Tariffs Raise Prices for US Auto Suppliers
  
  The choice is stark for most suppliers: absorb the extra cost, pass them on to customers or find ways to slash material costs.
• Shutdown Hurts Trump's Financial Deregulation Agenda
  
  The U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trump's call for Congress to fund a wall he promised to build on the U.S.- Mexican border is threatening another campaign pledge to make rules easier to navigate for banks and corporations.
• Economists: US Consumers, Firms Pay for Trump Tariffs on China
  
  President Donald Trump is right to say that his tariffs are generating billions of dollars for the U.S. But China and other countries aren't paying them as he's suggested.
• Atlanta Fed Leaves 4Q GDP Growth View at 2.8%
  
  The U.S. economy is expanding at a 2.8 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter, based on data on export and import prices in December, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecast model showed on Wednesday.

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