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Text size Lael Brainard is leaving the Fed to head the White House’s National Economic Council. Jim Vondruska/Bloomberg The dash for trash has hit a speed bump. Stocks faltered again this past week as the early-year rally, led by rebounds in 2022’s speculative-grade losers, ran into resistance from higher expected …

Text size Citigroup analyst Filippo Falorni’s favorite consumer-staples stocks are Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble. He also likes Coca-Cola and three others. Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg Consumer staples have slipped from their highs, but some have been unfairly swept under the rug. In 2022, staples weren’t immune to market turmoil, but …

Text size Alamy About the author: Martin Neil Baily is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. He is the co-author, with Benjamin H. Harris, of The Retirement Challenge: What’s Wrong With America’s System and a Sensible Way …

Text size EQT, the largest U.S. natural-gas producer, said the market could remain oversupplied for a while. Producers may have to slow their activity. Dreamstime After soaring to 14-year highs in 2022, U.S. natural-gas prices have fallen 45% this year. The country’s largest gas producer doesn’t expect a rebound for …

Text size Albemarle and Livent reported solid earnings this past week, sending shares higher. Above, a scientist works on lithium battery research at an Albemarle facility in North Carolina. Logan Cyrus/Bloomberg Lithium is the metal at the center of the electric vehicle revolution and shares of lithium producers have beaten …