WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week and could trend higher as companies navigate President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 223,000 for the week ended April 5, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering offers from 15 countries on tariff agreements and is close to deals with some of them, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday after President Donald Trump lowered some of the duties in a stunning reversal. USTR has informed us that there are maybe 15 countries now that have made...

(Reuters) -Traders on Thursday bet the U.S. Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates in June and probably deliver a full percentage point of reductions to its policy rate by the end of the year. after data showed inflation last month was softer than economists had expected.  Before the data, which showed consumer prices rose 2.4% in March, down from...

(Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in March, but inflation risks are tilted to the upside after President Donald Trump doubled down on tariffs on imported Chinese goods even as he lowered duties on other nations. The consumer price index dipped 0.1% last month after gaining 0.2% in February, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Year over year, the...