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SpaceX is expected to file its public prospectus this week — at $2 trillion, it would be the largest IPO in history by a factor of 10
SpaceX is expected to make its S-1 registration statement public as early as this week, according to people familiar with the timeline and consistent with...
Wholesale inflation hit 6% the day after consumer inflation hit 3.8% — the one-two punch economists say means more price increases for everything you buy
A gallon of gas costs more to refine. A pallet of chicken costs more to ship. A contractor’s lumber bill is climbing again. And as...
Oil climbed above $102 WTI for the first time since 2022 — Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “massive life support”
Oil climbed above $102 WTI for the first time since 2022 — Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “massive life support” For the first...
Brent crude surged past $108 a barrel today — Saudi Aramco’s CEO says the world is losing 100 million barrels of oil supply every week
Brent crude blew past $108 a barrel on Tuesday, May 27, 2026, hitting its highest level in more than a year as a cascade of...
Traders just priced in a 30% chance the Fed raises interest rates — the first time a hike has been on the table since 2023
For the first time since the Federal Reserve pushed borrowing costs to a two-decade high in the summer of 2023, Wall Street is placing real...
Inflation hit 3.8% in April, the highest in three years — and energy prices drove more than 40% of the increase
A full tank of gas cost American drivers noticeably more in April than it did just a month earlier, and the government’s latest inflation report...
The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,413 today — its seventh straight week of gains — while oil climbed back above $104 on the Iran deal collapse
The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,413 today, its seventh straight week of gains, while oil climbed back above $104 on the Iran deal...
Only 191 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz in April — down from the usual 3,000 a month — and the blockade is why gas went from $3 to $4.52 in ten weeks
The price on the pump at a Wawa outside Richmond, Virginia, read $2.96 on the last day of February. Ten weeks later, the same station...
Zero rate cuts are priced in for all of 2026 — and Goldman Sachs says the Fed won’t move until 2027
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its March 17-18, 2026, meeting, and the updated economic projections that accompanied the decision delivered a message...
Trump rejected Iran’s peace deal as “totally unacceptable” — oil jumped above $101, gas hit $4.52, and Kalshi traders now put 62% odds on $5-a-gallon fuel this year
President Donald Trump killed the latest attempt at a ceasefire with Iran this month, calling Tehran’s proposal “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” on social media. Within hours, Brent...
The April CPI print tomorrow could show 3.7% inflation — the hottest annual reading in two years — and nearly all of it traces back to $4.52 gas
Fill up a mid-size SUV in Los Angeles right now and the receipt will top $85. Do the same thing in Houston and you will...
Jobless claims just fell to 189,000 — a number the U.S. hasn’t seen since Nixon was president in 1969
In the final week of April 2026, just 189,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time. The last time the number was that...
The “K-shaped economy” is back in the data — more Americans are superprime (780+ credit score) or subprime (below 600), and the middle is hollowing out
The share of Americans with credit scores at the top and bottom of the spectrum is growing, while the middle tiers are losing ground. That...
The April CPI report drops tomorrow morning — economists expect 3.7% inflation, the highest annual reading since early 2024, driven almost entirely by gas
The April CPI report drops tomorrow morning – economists expect 3.7% inflation, the highest annual reading since early 2024, driven almost entirely by gas Americans...
Consumer sentiment just hit its lowest point since 1952 — and the S&P 500 set a record high the same week
A single week in May 2026 produced two numbers that, placed side by side, feel almost contradictory. On one end, a survey of American households...
The Senate voted 49-44 tonight to advance Kevin Warsh as Fed chair — the man who once called for “regime change” at the central bank is now one vote from running it
By a margin of five votes, Kevin Warsh survived the toughest test between him and the most powerful economic job in the world. The Senate...
Meta is cutting 8,000 workers on May 20 — while spending $135 billion on AI this year, more than the GDP of 130 countries
On May 20, 2026, Meta Platforms is expected to cut roughly 8,000 jobs, according to multiple news reports. The same company plans to pour up...
Nvidia pumped $40 billion into AI startups this year — $30 billion to OpenAI alone — and critics call it a circular deal where Nvidia funds its own chip customers
When Nvidia wired $30 billion to OpenAI earlier this year, it did not just write the largest check in its 33-year history. It tied its...
SpaceX plans to file its IPO in two weeks at a $1.75 trillion valuation — 10 times larger than the biggest public offering in history
SpaceX, the rocket and satellite company Elon Musk founded more than two decades ago, is on the verge of becoming the most valuable company ever...
Consumer confidence crashed to the lowest level since 1952 — one-third of Americans told surveyors the first thing on their mind was gas prices
The last time American consumers felt this bleak about the economy, Dwight Eisenhower had not yet taken office. The University of Michigan’s preliminary Index of...