• Nov 18, 2024

US labor market still boosting inflation, San Francisco Fed economists say

A tight U.S. labor market is still adding to inflationary pressures, though less so than it did in 2022 and 2023, according to research published on Monday by the San Francisco Federal Reserve. "Declines in excess demand pushed inflation down almost three-quarters of a percentage point over the past two years," San Francisco Fed economists Regis Barnichon and Adam Hale Shapiro wrote in the regional Fed bank's latest Economic Letter. The finding, based on an analysis of the relationship between inflation and labor market heat as measured by the ratio of job openings to job seekers, could help inform Fed policymakers as they weigh how much further and at what pace to reduce short-term borrowing costs.

  • Nov 18, 2024

World’s Top Oil-Refining Hub Is Running Hard as Exports Boom

(Bloomberg) -- US Gulf Coast refineries are running the hardest for this time of the year in more than three decades as they rush to take advantage of strong fuel demand from Mexico and Brazil.Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftParis to Replace Parking Spaces With TreesAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceA Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist ArchitectureNew York’s Transit Agency Approves $9 Congestion Prici

  • Nov 18, 2024

Stellantis CEO says will adapt to U.S. market under Trump

Stellantis' will adapt to changes in the U.S. car market expected under a Trump government, CEO Carlos Tavares said on Monday, with a platform that can offer electric, hybrid or gasoline versions of its models. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters last week. Ending the tax credit could have grave implications for an already stalling U.S. EV transition.