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With less than five months to go, the 2024 presidential election is close. Polls show that the race is tied across the country and in key swing states. There are many problems that aren’t directly related to the economy that will be debated in November. However, economists and political scientists say that when the race is close, the economy can be a very important factor in deciding the winner. In an interview with MarketWatch, Justin Begley, an economist at Moody’s Analytics who helps run the company’s presidential election model, said that political factors, like a president’s approval rating and voter…

In a new filing on Friday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas revealed more high-class holidays paid for by Harlan Crow, a Republican megadonor and real estate mogul. Other justices said they got passes to see Beyoncé and royalties from books worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. On top of their salaries, which are currently around $300,000 a year, Supreme Court justices record any extra money or gifts they receive every year. It was said that the show tickets, worth $3,711.84, were gifts from the famous singer to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson also said that she had received an advance…

Most people think that the Federal Reserve will keep its key interest rate the same when their two-day meeting ends on Wednesday. However, economists will be keeping a close eye out for any hints about when the first rate cut in four years might happen. The Federal Reserve has told people to be patient because the drop in inflation has not sped up in the first three months of the year. This means that there will be no move next week. Ian Pollick, head of fixed income strategy at CIBC Capital Markets, said this. Most economists agree that the good…

The Biden administration released new rules on Tuesday that are meant to keep migrants who enter the U.S. illegally at the southern border from getting refuge. However, some experts are already questioning the move. The steps taken by President Joe Biden are meant to stop refugee requests at the U.S.-Mexico border right away. This is because they go into effect when 2,500 migrants are encountered every day at the border, and lately that number has been higher every day. Senior Biden administration officials said they think the actions will have an effect on illegal immigration at the border because people…

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, U.S. President Joe Biden met with American veterans. Help was given to veterans who could stand up so they could take pictures with the president and first lady Jill Biden. Someone gave Biden a hug. Someone else saluted. In honour of a veteran’s birthday, Biden asked the president to lead the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday.” Robert Gibson is another veteran. The first lady grabbed his arm to help him stand next to Biden while they shook hands. “Don’t get old,” the 100-year-old joked to the president, who was only…

IN ATLANTA — The Georgia election-interference case against former President Donald Trump and others has been put on hold while an appeals court looks over the lower court judge’s decision to let Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis stay on the case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee can’t move forward with pretrial motions as he had planned because of the order from the Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday. This is because the appeal is still being processed. It wasn’t likely that the case would go to trial before the November election, when Trump is likely to be…

Since there are no plans for a Federal Reserve rate cut this summer, most economists on Wall Street think investors can take a break. But some economists still think the central bank might lower its key interest rate at its meeting in July. “We expect a cut in July,” said Steve Englander, who is in charge of North America Macro Strategy at Standard Chartered Bank. The Federal Reserve will meet again to talk about interest rates on June 11 and 12. According to what Fed officials have said over the past six weeks, most economists agree that nothing will change…

Shares of GameStop Corp. kept going up Thursday and ended the day up 47.5% after news came out that famous trader Keith Gill, also known as Roaring Kitty, will host his first YouTube livestream in three years. The livestream is set to start at noon on Friday in Eastern time. Over 1.1 million people have watched Gill’s most recent livestream on YouTube, which happened on April 16, 2021. There are 714,000 YouTube subscribers to Roaring Kitty, who is a big deal in the 2021 meme-stock craze. People on social media had a lot to say about Friday’s livestream. Today, June…

It sounds like everything will be on sale this summer if you believe what big American stores have been telling guests: Some stores are having sales on 5,000 items at Target (TGT, -1.51%), 7,000 items at Walmart (WMT, +0.09%), and 4,000 items at Amazon Fresh (AMZN, +2.05%). People may need sales like these to get some relief from the effects of inflation, but they might not actually save money because of a common buying habit: buying things on the spur of the moment. Sally Lyons Wyatt, chief adviser of consumer goods and food service insights at consumer analytics company Circana,…

Analysts at Susquehanna Financial Group say that Mexico’s underbanked and heavily cash-based economy is a good fit for three fintech companies that offer mobile financial services. In a note released earlier this week, they named dLocal Ltd. (DLO, -0.24%), MercadoLibre Inc. (MELI, +1.01%), and NU Holdings Ltd. (NU, +3.67%) as their “best ideas to enjoy the exciting rise of fintech in Mexico.” All three stocks have good ratings from Susquehanna. The three companies were named as major players in Mexico’s online shopping market in the report. In the meantime, Susquehanna said that only 49% of adults in Mexico have access…