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Stocks rise; The Conference Board expects brief recession early next year; loan application rates fall; mortgage rejection rates lower than last year.

The interim CEO is promising an investigation over previous CEO’s firing; GM Cruise CEO resigns after safety pause; parcel carriers have enough capacity for holiday shipping, analytics firm says; SpaceX spacecraft fails in second test.

Stocks rise; apartment buildings push up housing starts; Apple will change the way iPhone users message with Android phone users; employers’ medical costs may rise next year.

New diabetes drugs that aid in weight loss are ballooning employers’ health costs, report finds; new home construction rose 2% in October; UAW members are in favor of contract deals with Detroit’s Big Three; IBM suspends ads on X after report of antisemitic, pro-Nazi content.

Stocks close mixed; grocery, Walmart says pharmacy sales rise; import prices fall in October; homebuilder confidence could pick up.

The Senate approved a Republican plan to temporarily extend government funding; Walmart reports $450 million profit in third quarter; unemployment benefit claims inch up to 231,000; Biden, Xi summit produces crackdown on Chinese chemical companies providing fentanyl precursors.

Stocks rise; retail sales fall for the first time in seven months; Target sales dip while profits rise; producer prices fall.

Producer prices fall by the most in three years; retail sales pull back in October; Target forecasts muted holiday shopping; Tesla can ban union shirts, appeals court rules.

October’s CPI held steady; President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping prepare to meet; USPS reports large losses.

The Labor Department’s consumer price index showed no monthly change; energy prices to remain volatile, IEA forecasts; U.S., U.K. issue new economic sanctions targeting Hamas funding; Home Depot projects falling sales in 2023.