What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets Gold is homing in on its best quarter since 1986
March 31, 2025
The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy annual 2.4% pace the last three months of 2024, supported by a year-end surge in consumer spending
March 27, 2025
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week, a sign that the labor market remains healthy as companies continue to retain their employees
March 27, 2025
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded in February as warmer weather and a decline in mortgage rates pulled buyers from the sidelines, but growing uncertainty over the
March 25, 2025
The S&P 500 rose sharply to end at its highest in over two weeks on Monday, lifted by Nvidia and Tesla following signs that the Trump administration might take a more
March 24, 2025
Stocks closed broadly higher as Wall Street navigates through the uncertainty of a trade war
March 24, 2025
Mercuria estimates that about 500,000 tons of copper are heading to the U.S., against normal monthly imports of around 70,000 tons, triggered by the potential imposition of tariffs,
March 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve would be better off cutting rates "as U.S. tariffs start to transition (ease!)
March 20, 2025
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets Like most of its central banking peers, the
March 19, 2025
U.S. retail sales rebounded in February, suggesting that the economy continued to grow in the first quarter, though at a moderate pace as tariffs on imports and mass firings of federal
March 17, 2025
TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets World markets on Friday ended another choppy week on an upbeat note as investors pushed
March 14, 2025
German carmaker BMW said on Friday it expected tariffs to cost it 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) this year, while
March 14, 2025
The United States' National Coffee Association asked the Trump administration to exempt the product from any tariffs, saying the already
March 14, 2025
Global equities sank on Thursday with the
March 13, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration is inflicting more damage on the U.S. economy with its policies than on the rest of the world, France's central bank head said on Thursday.
March 13, 2025
A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump is being too “erratic” in his moves to shake up the U.S. economy, as his
March 12, 2025
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, indicating a still-healthy U.S. labor market
March 13, 2025
Ukraine's acceptance of a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Russia briefly pushed the euro to a five-month high while equities fell in
March 11, 2025
More U.S. airlines cut their earnings estimates on Tuesday, following a similar announcement from Delta Air Lines, saying mounting economic
March 11, 2025
There is a healthy pipeline of U.S. initial public offerings, but investors are looking for more certainty in markets, Adena Friedman, chief executive officer at
March 10, 2025
Stocks slumped globally on Monday, while U.S. bond yields dropped as investor worries about the potential economic slowdown were
March 09, 2025
The Canadian province of Ontario is imposing a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to New York state, Michigan and Minnesota to protest against U.S.
March 10, 2025
U.S.
March 07, 2025
New policies under the Trump administration are placing the U.S. economy in "incredible flux," Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic said on Thursday, and he suggested it is
March 07, 2025
A historic global trade war, a proposed $1.2 trillion European fiscal bazooka and the emergence of China as tech race leader are upending global
March 05, 2025
Oil prices settled down for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday after U.S. crude oil stockpiles posted a larger-than-expected build, adding a further
March 05, 2025
The biggest three-day rally in the euro in over two years has sent analysts scrambling to rewrite their forecasts for the currency, as a surge in European
March 05, 2025
The euro climbed to a three-month peak against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday after Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats announced
March 04, 2025
A U.S. economy praised for its surprising resilience to a pandemic, high inflation, and rapid interest rate hikes faces a new challenge from President Donald
March 04, 2025
Morning Bid U.S.
March 04, 2025
The U.S. trade deficit in goods widened sharply in January, most likely as businesses front-loaded imports ahead of tariffs, potentially positioning trade to be a drag on
February 28, 2025
Some of U.S.
February 28, 2025
South Korea's acting President and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok and U.S.
February 28, 2025
New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods surged in January, hinting at a rebound in business spending on equipment in the first quarter.
February 27, 2025
When it comes to stock markets around the world, this year has clearly not been “America First.”
February 25, 2025
Traders who bet on the future course of inflation foresee the sharpest divergence for three years between the U.S. and euro zone, driven by different growth paths
February 27, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Is the U.S. economy beginning to roll over?
February 25, 2025
A weakening economy and what looks to have been an overly aggressive "Trump trade" has led some Treasury market participants to reevaluate calls for how high U.S
February 25, 2025
U.S.
February 25, 2025
The euro eased off highs from a brief rally on Monday as the focus shifted from the election victory of Germany's conservatives to how quickly a coalition
February 24, 2025
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
February 23, 2025
U.S.
February 19, 2025
U.S. debt Cassandras can point to news of the country's record household debt figure last week as yet another sign that the day of reckoning for the
February 18, 2025
Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize expects potential U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada could lead to price increases for American consumers on products from
February 12, 2025
President Donald Trump is hitting foreign steel and aluminum with a 25% tax
February 11, 2025
Hypersensitive currency swings to this week's "stop-go" U.S. tariff threats suggest a persistent offset to the new administration's trade stance that may just help
February 07, 2025
Members of U.S.
February 04, 2025
When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama -- and drew criticism from mainstream economists who favor free trade
February 04, 2025
Global makers of alcoholic drinks like Diageo are caught in the cross-fire of a major trade war as threatened tariffs -- postponed for a
February 03, 2025
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Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
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