Fact Check: Tim Walz Is Not the Highest Ranking NCO to Ever Serve in Congress
Austin, TX — Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who represents Texas’s 23rd district, has asserted his status as the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer (NCO) to ever serve in Congress after false statements by Democrat…
Argentina annual inflation tops 211%, highest since early 90s
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s annual inflation rate ended 2023 at 211.4%, the highest since the early 1990s, official data showed on Thursday, propeling the embattled South American country’s…
Argentina monthly inflation seen at highest since 1990 in December
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s monthly inflation rate likely soared to 28% in December, which would be the highest since early 1990, driven by a sharp devaluation of the…
New Jersey’s Unemployment Rate Third Highest in America
TRENTON, NJ – California and New Jersey are among the top three states with the highest unemployment rates in America, even as the rest of the nation is seeing a decline in…
New Zealand business confidence hits highest level since March 2015 – Survey
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s business confidence rose in December amid a bounce in most activity indicators and is now at its highest level since March 2015, an ANZ…
Factbox-US corporate bankruptcies set for highest level since 2020
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -Bankruptcy filings by U.S. companies this year are on track to hit their highest since the pandemic, amid high interest rates and sticky inflation, with WeWork being…
S&P 500 rises to highest close of 2023 amid rate cut optimism
NEW YORK(Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 index closed at its highest level of the year on Friday amid growing optimism the Federal Reserve was done raising U.S. interest rates and could…
Average Wait Time in New Jersey Emergency Rooms Among Highest in Nation
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey finds itself in seventh place on a list of states with the longest emergency room wait times, according to recent data. Patients in the state wait an…
New Jersey Has 4th Highest Unemployment Rate in America
TRENTON, NJ – According to the U.S. Labor Bureau, New Jersey has the fourth highest unemployment rate in America. New Jersey joins other pandemic lockdown states California and Illinois in lagging behind…
Foreign holdings of US Treasuries in August hit highest since December 2021 -data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries in August rose to their largest level since December 2021, data from the Treasury Department showed on Wednesday, rising for…
Mortgage rates reach highest since November 2000 – MBA
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage interest rates rose to the highest since November 2000 last week, helping to drive home loan application volumes to the lowest in 27…
Powerball Jackpot Soars to Third Highest at $1.2 Billion
TRENTON, NJ – The Powerball jackpot has swelled to $1.2 billion, making it the third largest in the game’s history and the first instance of consecutive billion-dollar prize pools. The jackpot has…
These New Jersey Counties Have the Highest Property Taxes in America
NEWARK, NJ – If you’re counting pennies during the Biden inflation boom, you might not want to be living in North Jersey, where residents are paying the highest property taxes in America.…
Corporate defaults jump, highest August monthly tally since 2009 – S&P
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of new corporate defaults globally reached 16 in August, the highest August monthly number since 2009, S&P said in a report released on Wednesday, the latest sign…
Argentina August inflation forecast at highest since 1991
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) likely rose 11.8% in August, which would be the highest monthly figure since 1991, according to a Reuters poll of…
Shares in Swiss bank UBS hit highest since late 2008
MILAN (Reuters) – Shares in UBS hit their highest level since October 2008 on Thursday, extending a strong run that has put the Swiss bank well ahead of its European rivals following…
Australia Q2 business investment hits highest in 7-1/2 years
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business investment climbed to its highest since late 2015 in the June quarter as firms took advantage of tax breaks to splurge on new equipment,…
VinFast shares more than double to highest since market debut
(Reuters) – VinFast’s shares more than doubled on Tuesday to the highest since Vietnamese electric vehicle maker’s blowout Wall Street debut after Reuters reported that South Korea’s Star Group Industrial plans to…
Bankruptcies in the EU highest since 2015, Eurostat says
(Reuters) – Bankruptcy declarations in the European Union reached the highest level since 2015 in the second quarter of this year, driven by increases in the accommodation and food services sectors, the…
U.S. mortgage rates spike to highest since November, approach 22-year high
By Safiyah Riddle (Reuters) – The average U.S. 30-year mortgage rate jumped to a nine-month peak on Wednesday and hit the second-highest rate since 2001, as interest rates reacted sharply to a…
Lawyer Says ‘Political Speech’ Is Being ‘Criminally Prosecuted’ At ‘Highest Levels’ In Wake Of Trump Indictment
Lawyer Says ‘Political Speech’ Is Being ‘Criminally Prosecuted’ At ‘Highest Levels’ In Wake Of Trump Indictment Harold Hutchison on August 1, 2023 An attorney said Tuesday that “political speech” was being “criminally…
Fed Resumes Interest Rate Hikes To Highest Level Since 2001
Fed Resumes Interest Rate Hikes To Highest Level Since 2001 Will Kessler on July 26, 2023 The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point…
Exclusive-EU’s highest inflation to slow to 7-8% by Dec – Hungary finance minister
By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s annual inflation will slow to 7-8% by December from 20.1% in June, helping the economy rebound, Finance Minister Mihaly Varga told Reuters,…
US builder confidence hits highest level in over a year
By Safiyah Riddle (Reuters) – U.S. home builder sentiment hit a 13-month high in July as limited housing stock continued to drive demand for new houses, according to a survey on Tuesday,…
U.S. mortgage rates rise to 6.81%, highest level this year -Freddie Mac
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. 30-year mortgage rates rose to an average of 6.81% this week, the highest level of 2023, according to Freddie Mac’s mortgage market survey. Mortgage rates have risen…
Hong Kong interbank rates rise; one-week Hibor climbs to highest in 16 years
By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong interbank rates rose across all tenors on Friday, with the overnight interbank offered rate rising the most, climbing to the highest in four…
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