Home / BusinessMarketWatchBusinessMarketWatch·Jul 9, 2026·1 min readCan Walmart help the Fed harness real-time U.S. economic data? We’re about to find out.The Federal Reserve named a former Walmart CEO to a task force to develop contemporaneous data on spending, inflation and growth.View original source — MarketWatch ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesBloombergBusinessJul 9, 2026 · 1 minOpenAI Executive Fidji Simo to Step Down Following Medical LeaveBloombergBloombergBusinessJul 9, 2026 · 1 minGold Steadies as Traders Weigh Mideast Fighting, Rate OutlookBloombergBBCBusinessJul 9, 2026 · 1 minWe saved £6,000 on holidays by swapping homes with strangersBBCBloombergBusinessJul 9, 2026 · 1 minA Tiny Island Near Singapore Has Become Asia’s Hub for Russian OilBloomberg
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