by MarketWatch.com | Jul 23, 2024 | alerts, Markets/Economy
CEO says consumer and retail environments remain ‘choppy’ Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s stock fell 3.9% Tuesday, after the parent to consumer brands including Huggies, Kleenex and Scott toilet paper posted weaker-than-expected sales for its second quarter to offset a profit...
by MarketWatch.com | May 2, 2024 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Mortgage rates rose for the fifth week in a row, as the Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose and averaged 7.22% as of May 2, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday. That’s up 5 basis points from the previous...
by MarketWatch.com | Nov 28, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy
The S&P 500 will soon wrap its best month in more than a year. Even a limp to that finish line that seems to be playing out won’t move the needle on that. One particularly frustrating aspect of 2023 for investors has been waiting for a recession that never came,...
by MarketWatch.com | Nov 7, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Delinquency rates on credit-card bills continued to rise, with the sharpest increase among borrowers aged 30 to 39, according to the NY Fed. A growing share of Americans are falling behind on their credit-card bills as credit-card debt hit a record high in the third...
