How the yen tripped up investors...again
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, 2025Investors 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
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
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
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
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
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October 28, 2025
Japan's new economic revitalisation minister, Minoru Kiuchi, said on Tuesday a weak yen has benefits to the economy and its demerits could be addressed by swiftly
October 28, 2025
Tom Hayes, the former trader who was a face of the global Libor-rigging scandal before his conviction was overturned in July, sued his former employer UBS for
October 27, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed the names of five candidates to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the powerful Federal Reserve next year
October 27, 2025
European shares closed at record highs for the third consecutive session as signs of easing Sino-U.S. trade tensions buoyed global risk appetite, while
October 27, 2025
The U.S. unemployment rate remained stable at around 4.3% in October according to a Chicago Federal Reserve bank economic model that uses private data to estimate the jobless
October 27, 2025
Australia's top central banker said on Monday a rise in core inflation of 0.9% in the third quarter would be a "material miss" to forecasts that would have to be weighed by the board
October 27, 2025
U.S. inflation remained elevated last month as gas prices jumped while the cost of rents cooled, painting a mixed picture of the expenses consumers are facing in a murky economy where growth appears steady but hiring slow
October 23, 2025
U.S. consumer prices rose slightly less than expected in September, preserving market expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its policy meeting next week.
October 24, 2025
British businesses might be at a turning point and consumers unexpectedly increased their spending last month, data showed on Friday, adding
October 24, 2025
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October 24, 2025
Russia will need to attract millions of skilled migrants to achieve an economic growth rate of at least 3.2% and sustain its economy, the country's top banker and longtime ally of
October 24, 2025
Euro zone business activity unexpectedly grew at a faster pace in October as companies received new orders at the quickest rate in 2-1/2 years, suggesting the
October 24, 2025
Asia may see its resilience to U.S. tariffs challenged if a rally in the dollar and a rebound in low interest rates lead to tighter financial conditions, a senior
October 24, 2025
South Korea's economy grew at a modest pace last quarter, supported by strong exports and a pickup in household consumption as government measures helped
October 23, 2025
Turkish central bankers told foreign investors in meetings last week that they were increasingly concerned about inflation and
October 20, 2025
South Africa's headline inflation rate edged up in September, but the increase was smaller than expected and economists said they thought the central bank could restart
October 22, 2025
British inflation unexpectedly held steady in September, raising the prospect of a Bank of England interest rate cut this year and offering
October 22, 2025
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record
October 21, 2025
Turkey will stick to its push to bring down inflation with the country's finance minister pointing to temporary factors for a loss of momentum on the disinflation path, the president
October 20, 2025
U.S. bank stocks, including Zions Bancorporation, Jefferies, and Western Alliance, fell sharply on Thursday as investors grew uneasy
October 16, 2025
Truist Financial reported a rise in third-quarter profit on Friday, driven by a strong wealth management segment and increased interest income, sending its shares up 2% in premarket trading
October 17, 2025
Japan's core inflation likely accelerated in September for the first time in four months on continued increases in living costs, a Reuters poll showed, adding to pressure on the
October 17, 2025
Canadian home sales fell 1.7% in September from August, ending a string of increases that began in April, data from the Canadian Real Estate Association showed on
October 16, 2025
British lenders expect to see unchanged demand for mortgages in the last three months of 2025, according to a Bank of England survey published on Thursday that added to other signs
October 16, 2025
The fresh flare-up in trade tensions between the United States and
October 15, 2025
Israeli price pressures cooled further in September, with the annual inflation rate hitting a seven-month low of 2.5%, which combined with the end of the war in
October 15, 2025
U.S. economic activity was little changed and employment was largely stable in recent weeks, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, but there were emerging signs of weakness
October 15, 2025
Wall Street closed mixed on Tuesday and gold touched a record high as investors weighed upbeat economic sentiment from the International Monetary Fund and Federal
October 14, 2025
Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said on Tuesday that he saw an increasingly likely risk of a "bumpy landing" for Britain's economy with inflation falling too low, in part due
October 14, 2025
Australian business conditions remained steady in September as improvements in sales and profits were offset by a fall in employment, a survey showed on Tuesday.
October 13, 2025
The Indian rupee is likely to respond this week to the fallout from renewed U.S.-China trade tensions, with support from the central bank,
October 13, 2025
Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago
October 12, 2025
A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs higher on China
October 10, 2025
Canada's economy added 60,400 jobs in September and the jobless rate held at 7.1%, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday.
October 10, 2025
Canada's economy posted a surprise 60,400 net job gains in September, almost entirely reversing the losses of the previous month, data showed on Friday, though
October 10, 2025