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The price of gold today, Oct. 14, 2026 — and the best places to buy
Gold’s spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,095.81 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s slightly lower than Tuesday’s price, when it traded at $4,179.27 per ounce at the same time.
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Grab These ETFs to Capitalize on the Physical AI Wave
Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving at an extraordinary pace, moving beyond chatbots and content generation into something far more consequential: machines that can perceive, reason, and act autonomously in the physical world. Currently, physical AI represents the convergence of AI with robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones and smart manufacturing systems.
The growth prospects for this market reflect this momentum,
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JPMorgan: A 'very healthy' consumer is dealing well with higher interest rates
JPMorgan acknowledged that if interest rates remain very high for a long time, that would certainly hurt consumer spending. But so far, that’s not the case, as the consumer is currently “very healthy,” mostly because of a healthy labor market.
The bank said the consumer has remained “quite resilient”
Fed rate hike call seen tight as U.S. inflation heats up
A U.S. Federal Reserve interest-rate decision later this month may be a closer call than previously thought, traders bet on Wednesday, after U.S. Labor Department data showed consumer prices were up 3.7 per cent last month from a year earlier,
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Why the Fed’s Impact Goes Beyond Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve may have more power to affect financial markets and the broader economy than commonly thought.
A new working paper by Paymon Khorrami and Anna Cieslak of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business shows that the US central bank’s toolkit has widened beyond short-term interest-rate decisions,
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Inflation sizzled in September — and Social Security benefits will get a boost
Rising gasoline and diesel prices pushed inflation higher in September. The cost of living index was up 3.7%, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department.
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Social Security COLA 2027: Here's how much more money retirees will get next year
The Social Security Administration announced the official annual cost-of-living-adjustment on Wednesday, increasing benefits by 3.6% in 2027.
Tens of millions of retirees will see a modest increase in benefits in January when the new COLA is added to Social Security payments. The 3.6% rise is an additional $75 on average per month,
Why the Large Social Security COLA Increase is Bad News for Americans
Social Security beneficiaries are on track for their largest cost-of-living increase in four years, potentially pushing the average monthly retirement check above $2,000.
But the bigger raise comes with an uncomfortable reality: Americans are getting a larger Social Security boost because inflation is running hotter.
The new Social Security cost-of-living adjustment,
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Social Security recipients will get more money in 2027. Here’s how much, when
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