WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year. Faced with pressing concerns over the impact tariffs will have on a slowing economy, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted…
A pedestrian jogs along the Bund across from buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets are set for a mixed open even as Wall Street gained following the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady. The U.S. central bank…
Crowds walk below neon signs on Nanjing Road. The street is the main shopping district of the city and one of the world’s busiest shopping districts. Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly climbed on Monday, with investors keeping a close watch on Chinese equities. Mainland China’s CSI 300 closed 0.24% lower at 3,996.79, while…
Signs limit the number of cartons of eggs a customer can purchase at a grocery store in Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S., March 8, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters The U.S. consumer hasn’t felt so glum about the economy since November 2022, according to a survey by the University of Michigan. That’s when annual inflation was at…
The roller coaster ride that is the stock market lately is unlikely to come to an end anytime soon, with investors desperate for any clarity on the macroeconomic picture that could put a bottom in for equity prices. Wall Street is headed for a big week ahead, with economic data set to be scrutinized by…
ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — The latest tariff war news could mean consumers digging deep to pay for a bottle of Vino. The Trump administration is locked in a bitter battle with the European Union (EU) – each side slapping import taxes on various products – steel and aluminum from the EU, whiskey and motorcycles from…
Asia-Pacific markets fell on Thursday after a soft inflation report in the U.S. helped two of the three benchmarks on Wall Street reverse course from two days of losses. The consumer price index — a broad-based measure of costs across the U.S. economy — increased 0.2% month-on-month in February, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.8%….
A man looks at an electronic board displaying stock prices of the Nikkei 225 listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 30, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets slid on Tuesday, tracking losses in the U.S. following anxiety over tariff policy and a potential recession in the world’s…
Even though policymakers in Beijing may be putting up a sanguine show, not all is well with China’s economy. Its latest official data reveals that prices in China fell 0.7% from a year earlier in February, marking the first time in more than a year that the economy is in the grip of deflation. Also…
Right after Donald Trump was elected for the second time, he was the most popular he’d ever been. According to The Economist, “his net favorability was in positive territory for the first time ever.” It was a strange moment: In January 2025, the guy who had been impeached twice, indicted four times, and convicted on…