The numbers show some recovery from last fall’s 43-day federal government shutdown, but the Iran war could cloud the future.
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The report on gross domestic product covers the first three months of this year.
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Gross domestic product expanded at a 2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, a period that included the first weeks of conflict in the Middle East.
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Traders now think the Federal Reserve will keep steady interest rates, or perhaps even increase them, amid succession intrigue at the central bank.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he plans to stay on at the central bank as a governor after his term as chair ends next month “for a period of time to be determined.” The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady on Wednesday as President Trump’s new pick to lead the bank inched closer to confirmation. #Interestrates #Federalreserve #Jeromepowell
New data from Reuters and IPSOS shows 61% of Americans say the economy is on the wrong track.
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The move will give state lawmakers time to pass a new congressional map that complies with the recent Supreme Court ruling on the state's redistricting.
Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other chart-topping hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s.
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On Wednesday’s “The Right Squad,” the panel debates whether James Comey’s “8647” post is protected free speech or reckless rhetoric against President Trump.
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