(Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits ticked higher last week, suggesting the labor market was largely stable even though job creation is weakening and it is taking laid-off workers longer to find new jobs. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 226,000 for the week ended August 2, the Labor...

(Reuters) -Americans' longer-term inflation outlook deteriorated in July even as households boosted their views on the current and future state of their respective financial situations, according to data released on Thursday by the New York Federal Reserve. In its latest Survey of Consumer Expectations, the regional Fed bank said the expected level of inflation five years from now stood at...

(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller is emerging as a top candidate to serve as the central bank's chair among President Trump's team, Bloomberg News on Thursday citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru) ...

(Reuters) -Americans' longer-term inflation outlook deteriorated in July even as households boosted their views on the current and future state of their respective financial situations, according to data released on Thursday by the New York Federal Reserve. In its latest Survey of Consumer Expectations, the regional Fed bank said the expected level of inflation five years from now stood at...