(Reuters) – The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.1% in August after an unrevised 0.2% gain in July the Commerce Department reported on Friday. Economists had forecast PCE inflation advancing 0.1%. In the 12 months through August, the PCE price index increased 2.2% after rising 2.5% in July. …

Control of the Senate could turn on Montana. Source link

We already knew where OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, stands on artificial intelligence vis-à-vis the human saga: It will be transformative, historic, and overwhelmingly beneficial. He has been nothing but consistent across countless interviews. For some reason, this week he felt it necessary to distill those opinions in a succinct blog …

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve issued an interest rate cut at its September meeting. The response from banks and credit unions varied. Some banks tracked by CNET dropped their annual percentage yields, or APYs, on high-yield savings accounts, making the average APY drop from 4.80% last week to 4.69% …

The birth defects were more likely, but still very uncommon, in infants conceived through certain fertility treatments, a large study found. Source link

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Trump Media Stock Is Falling. It May Still Finish Week in the Green. Source link

Harris advisers point to a number of brightening public polls showing that Donald Trump’s lead is eroding on the critical question of whom voters trust most on the economy. Source link

For months, speculation has raged in Washington over the future of Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission chair and face of the Biden administration’s crusade against monopoly power. Overturning decades of antitrust norms, charged by Khan with failing to curb extreme concentrations of corporate power, the administration has routinely scrutinized …

After a limited theatrical run, Apple Original Films’ Wolfs, which stars Brad Pitt and George Clooney, has made its streaming debut. The action comedy follows a professional fixer known simply as Margaret’s Man (Clooney), who is hired to cover up a high-profile crime. Unfortunately for him, Pam’s Man (Pitt), another …