US deployed jets against Russian bombers; Russian military aircraft detected in Alaska air zone

Oil and gold spiked, and cryptos (which lately sell off on literally any news) tumbled to session lows on a BBG report that European diplomats have "privately" warned Russia this week that NATO is ready to respond to further violations of its airspace with full force, including shooting down Russian planes, according to sources familiar with the exchange. ...

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2025 (April, May, and June), according to the third estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 0.6 percent (revised). The increase in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected a decrease in ...

Initial claims for unemployment insurance were well below expectations last week, helping to douse caution at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere that the labor market is in danger. First-time filings for the week ending Sept. 20 totaled a seasonally adjusted 218,000, down 14,000 from the prior week’s upwardly revised figure and significantly less than the ...