Wall Street follows FTSE higher as traders weigh US economy slowdown and ECB rate decision
US stocks rose on Thursday, with the Nasdaq (^IXIC) and S&P 500 (^GSPC) eyeing a comeback as investors digested news that the ...
Stocks cheer megacap earnings; euro dips after ECB rate cut
Wall Street shares looked set for more gains on Thursday, as investors cheered earnings from Meta, but shunned Microsoft, ...
Big central banks start 2025 heading in different directions
The first central bank meetings of 2025 suggest it will be a year in which policymakers go their own way as economic paths diverge, as the United States holds interest rates steady, the euro zone cuts ...
Fed hold rates steady, sees inflation as ‘elevated’; Powell declines comment on Trump
The Fed said the job market is “solid,” and noted that the unemployment rate “has stabilized at a low level in recent months.
Yen edges up against euro, dollar as rate outlooks diverge
The yen made broad gains on Thursday as Japan looks on track to keep raising interest rates while others cut, with the ...
Why China Buys U.S. Debt With Treasury Bonds
China and many other countries buy U.S. debt through the purchase of Treasury bonds. Here are the factors behind those purchases.
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Japan Social Development Fund
The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...
Analysis-Global economy takes Trump guessing-game in stride
Global economic policymakers had been braced for an economic firestorm from the new U.S. administration but instead got a ...