© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday that President Joe Biden has asked his team to look at the option of lifting some…
© Reuters. Australia Inflation Accelerated Further From 5.1%, Chalmers Says (Bloomberg) — Australian consumer prices have accelerated from the 5.1% recorded in the first three months, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said, intensifying pressure on households and suggesting further interest-rate increases ahead. “It’s now really clear that the inflation challenge that Australians are facing is worse,” Chalmers…
© Reuters Treasury Yields Staring Down 3% Threshold Await CPI for Next Cue (Bloomberg) — The fate of the world’s biggest bond market is hanging largely on a single question: Has inflation in the US already peaked? Treasury yields have swung back at forth since last month as traders try to game out whether the…
© Reuters. By Daniel Shvartsman Investing.com — Stock markets ended the first week of June on a down note, as a strong U.S. jobs report made clear the Federal Reserve and other central banks can continue their monetary tightening policy, at the expense of risk assets. This week brings CPI reports in the U.S., as…
© Reuters. Charting the Global Economy: Inflation Hits a Record in Europe (Bloomberg) — Record inflation in the euro zone is seen fueling the European Central Bank’s tightening debate at this coming week’s policy meeting, where officials are expected to end asset purchases and lay the ground for an interest-rate liftoff next month. In the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen before the Federal Reserve board is expected to signal plans to raise interest rates in March as it focuses on fighting inflation in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – A rally that lifted U.S. stocks from the…
2/2 © Reuters. Passersby wearing protective face masks are seen in front of an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei share average, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato 2/2 By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global equity markets fell as U.S. Treasury yields reached two-week highs on Friday…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The facade of Argentina’s Central Bank is pictured in the financial district of Buenos Aires, Argentina December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Analysts consulted by Argentina’s central bank raised their inflation estimate for the South American country for 2022 to 72.6%, 7.5 percentage points above the previous month’s…
© Reuters. Passersby wearing protective face masks are seen in front of an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei share average, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Kanupriya Kapoor (Reuters) – Asian shares rose broadly on Friday morning after softer-than-expected U.S. employment data raised the possibility of…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A shopper carries bags after the Swiss government relaxed some of its COVID-19 restrictions, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, at the Bahnhofstrasse shopping street in Zurich, Switzerland March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss prices increased in May by their highest level in nearly…





