Australian consumer inflation accelerated for a fourth straight month in October, a new data series showed on Wednesday, a hot result that has markets giving up hopes
November 26, 2025
U.S. retail sales increased less than expected in September, suggesting consumer fatigue amid higher prices because of tariffs, though the moderation did not
November 25, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday he was concluding a second round of interviews later in the day for a new U.S.
November 25, 2025
Stocks climbed again on hopes for a coming cut to interest rates
November 25, 2025
Oil prices settled over 1% lower on Tuesday after Ukraine hinted that an intense diplomatic push by the U.S. administration to end Russia's war against it could be
November 25, 2025
German home prices will rise around 3% annually over the coming years, according to property analysts polled by Reuters, outstripping overall inflation and further
November 25, 2025
The Bank of Korea will keep its key interest rate unchanged at 2.50% on Thursday as policymakers grapple with a volatile currency and an overheated
November 25, 2025
The yuan has shrugged off a trade war, slow growth, rock-bottom interest rates and a slump in foreign investment, to head for its sharpest annual gain since the pandemic year of 2020.
November 24, 2025
Russia's economy is seeing "continued cooling" with growth likely to remain at around 1% next year and business activity remaining weak for
November 24, 2025
Brazil's central bank remains dissatisfied with progress toward bringing inflation back to its target, its governor said on Monday, stressing that policymakers will maintain a data
November 24, 2025
Mexico's annual inflation rate stood above expectations at 3.61% in the first half of November, official data showed on Monday, affected by sticky core
November 24, 2025
Wall Street stocks closed sharply higher on Friday as rising expectations of a December interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve offset concerns over lofty tech
November 21, 2025
The dollar weakened against the yen on Friday, after Japanese officials stepped up verbal intervention to stem the currency's decline, even as the greenback
November 21, 2025
Asian and European shares extended a global rout on Friday and U.S. stock futures also pointed to a weak opening on Wall Street as investors continued to offload richly valued
November 21, 2025
Global brokerages are split over whether the U.S.
November 21, 2025
Reflationist advisers of Japan's new prime minister Sanae Takaichi will speak on a panel hosted by Keidanren on December 17 on the new administration's strategy to strengthen the
November 21, 2025
Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Anna Paulson said on Thursday she is approaching the U.S. central bank's next meeting "cautiously," despite supporting its last two interest rate cuts
November 20, 2025
Wall Street stocks slid on Thursday in a sharp reversal from an early rally, as technology gains faded after a boost from Nvidia's earnings and U.S. jobs
November 20, 2025
The pace of U.S. job growth accelerated more than expected in September, and the unemployment rate increased, indicating the labor market remained on the sluggish side, while
November 20, 2025
The dollar firmed against most major currencies on Thursday, after losing some ground as signs of faster U.S. job growth in September suggest the Federal Reserve
November 20, 2025
South Africa's central bank cut its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 6.75% on Thursday at the first meeting since its
November 20, 2025
The Trump administration's mammoth fiscal legislation will boost economic growth next year, but the impact will be partially undercut by Federal Reserve
November 20, 2025
New U.S. jobless claim applications fell last week, remaining within the healthy range of recent years, according to the government’s first weekly layoffs data since before the government shut down on Oct. 1
November 20, 2025
The US economy added 119,000 jobs in September, but unemployment rose to a nearly four-year high
November 20, 2025
U.S. job growth likely picked up moderately in September, while the unemployment rate held steady near a four-year high of 4.3%, consistent with sluggish labor
November 20, 2025
A relief rally swept across Asian markets and lifted stocks on Thursday as investors cheered Nvidia's market-topping earnings, while the dollar ticked up
November 20, 2025
Australia's central bank is examining three issues that could influence policy, including whether firms have changed how they set prices and whether the transmission channels for
November 20, 2025
A divided Federal Reserve cut interest rates last month even as policymakers cautioned that doing so could risk entrenched inflation and a loss of public
November 19, 2025
The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldn’t calculate the unemployment rate and some other key numbers
November 19, 2025
The cost of U.S. overnight funding in the repo market has stayed stubbornly high and is expected to remain elevated going into year
November 19, 2025
China is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged for a sixth consecutive month in November, a Reuters survey showed, after the central bank signalled less urgency for
November 19, 2025
Australian wages grew at a steady pace in the third quarter, driven by public sector pay gains, adding to a string of upbeat data that reinforces expectations the
November 19, 2025
The Bank of England will cut interest rates in December and again early next year as inflation cools over coming months, according to a majority of economists in
November 18, 2025
The dollar held modest gains against the yen after touching a fresh 9-1/2-month high on Tuesday, and edged up versus the euro as investors worried about Japan’s fiscal
November 18, 2025
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Tuesday that he did not expect his view on interest rates to shift much in the near term, saying
November 18, 2025
Corporations across the U.S. could potentially be leaving millions on the table depending on their cash management strategies, according to research published by
November 18, 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest lender, believes demand for home loans is too high and is helping to push property prices up, Chief Executive Matt Comyn said on
November 18, 2025
Canadian home sales rose 0.9% in October from September as lower borrowing costs helped offset uncertain prospects for Canada's economy, data from the Canadian Real
November 17, 2025
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November 14, 2025
Australia's biggest banks are ramping up efforts to reduce their reliance on mortgage brokers in the nation's $1.6 trillion home loan market,
November 14, 2025
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits eased slightly last week, Haver Analytics estimated on Thursday, pointing to stable
November 13, 2025
Wall Street indexes suffered their biggest one-day decline in a month on Thursday, pushing down MSCI's global equities gauge while U.S.
November 13, 2025
Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, with steep losses in Nvidia and other AI heavyweights, as investors scaled back expectations of interest rate cuts due to
November 13, 2025
The U.S. dollar dipped on Thursday as the U.S. government reopened, leaving traders grappling with the long-term impact the shutdown will have on trust in the U.S
November 12, 2025
By Mike Dolan -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets With the U.S. government now reopening after a six-week hiatus, market attention
November 13, 2025
Investors laid a record wager on Japan's yen rising to take advantage of a long-overdue economic revival that coincided with expectations for a U.S.
November 13, 2025
Long overlooked as the backwater of the Australian equity market, small-cap stocks are having their best run in over a decade due to strong earnings and growth
November 12, 2025
Australian employment surged in October as firms took on more full-time workers, pulling the jobless rate down from a four-year high and bolstering a growing view that
November 13, 2025
The U.S.
November 12, 2025
London's FTSE 100 logged a third consecutive record close, supported by gains in utilities and mining shares as investors welcomed signs of a potential end to the prolonged U.S. government
November 12, 2025
Euro zone inflation is unlikely to fall too low and risks may actually be skewed toward higher than forecast readings, but the European Central Bank can tolerate small target
November 12, 2025
Trump administration asks banks to monitor employers paying unlawful workers
Romanians convicted of stabbing journalist in UK, prosecutors say they acted for Iran
US preparing draft resolution condemning Iran at IAEA, diplomats say
Macron, Starmer and Merz to meet Zelenskiy in London on June 7, Elysee says
A Ukrainian maritime drone explodes at a Romanian Black Sea port. No injuries reported.
Delivery driver shot and killed after shooter orders pizza to abandoned apartment, police say
70-year-old accused of trying to drown injured 21-year-old at Massachusetts beach after residency dispute
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