FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a “Help Wanted” sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. Brian Snyder | Reuters Private sector hiring unexpectedly contracted in June, payrolls processing firm ADP said Wednesday, in a possible sign that the economy may not be as sturdy that investors believe…
An Amazon worker on the picket line during a strike over pay at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfilment center in Coventry, U.K., on Feb. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon announced Monday its millionth worker robot, and said its entire fleet will be powered by a newly launched generative artificial intelligence model. The…
William_potter | Istock | Getty Images The latest version of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could make it cheaper for semiconductor manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. as Washington continues its efforts to strengthen its domestic chip supply chain. Under the bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday, tax credits for those semiconductor…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday took the reins of President Donald Trump’s megabill, after the Senate narrowly passed it following days of grueling negotiations and last-minute deals. Now, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is staring down an uncertain path for the bill through his chamber, where several members of his conference have already publicly registered…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate floor as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters “I believe we do,” Thune said, when asked by reporters if Republicans have reached a…
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “The Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 24, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. central bank would have easier monetary…
[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. CNBC Television will start the stream when the event begins. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to speak at a European Central Bank forum on Tuesday. The panel, which is slated for…
Packages ride on a conveyor belt during Cyber Monday at an Amazon fulfillment center on December 2, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | Getty Images The e-commerce sector is experiencing its most disruptive period in more than a decade as a result of President Trump’s trade war and tariffs policy, according to…
A Carrefour supermarket in Perpignan in the Pyrenees-Orientales department in the south of France on Jan. 3, 2025. Jc Milhet | Afp | Getty Images Euro zone inflation rose slightly to 2% in June, according to flash data from statistics agency Eurostat on Tuesday, meaning consumer prices in the single currency area are now in line…
The European Central Bank’s latest period of monetary policy interventions to bring inflation in check is “done,” the institution’s chief economist Philip Lane told CNBC on Tuesday. “We do think the last cycle is done, bringing inflation down from the peak of 10[%], back to 2%, that element is over, but on a forward-looking basis…
