Private payrolls plunged in September, complicating the picture for the US economy as policymakers and investors struggle to assess the state of the labor market amid a government shutdown. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is unlikely to release the monthly jobs report this Friday due to the closure. That means many flying blind without critical…
The stock market has a key hurdle it needs to clear this week. While investors have mostly shrugged off bad news in the US job market, equities are about to be tested by coming consumer inflation data, according to Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, the global head of market strategy at JPMorgan. Should inflation figures come in hotter-than-expected…
President Donald Trump‘s “big beautiful bill” raised the state and local tax deduction, known as SALT, to $40,000 for 2025. The change comes less than a decade after a cap was placed on this tax break for the first time in its history. Taxpayers who itemize tax breaks can claim the SALT deduction, which includes state and…