Jan 16, 2025 | Markets
Economists call for forceful action to reverse price declines GDP deflator forecast to be negative for third straight year China has failed to break a deflationary cycle and is now on track for the longest streak of economy-wide price declines since the 1960s,...
Jan 15, 2025 | Markets
All signs’ point to more expensive costs, economist says MBA measure of 30-year mortgage rate in US hit 7.09% US homebuyers contending with the highest borrowing costs in eight months are seeing mortgage rates rise past a psychological barrier that risks complicating...
Jan 13, 2025 | Markets
S&P 500 briefly falls below closing level before Trump’s win Rally in Treasury yields sends ripples through equities market It’s the round-trip ticket no one on Wall Street wanted. The S&P 500 Index on Monday briefly dropped below where it ended on Nov. 5,...
Jan 10, 2025 | Markets
Options trades were up some $138 million in early December Chinese stock indexes retreat into bear market on geopolitics Traders who briefly had been sitting on more than $100 million in paper profits after buying call options in early December on a pair of tiny...
Jan 10, 2025 | Markets
UK 10-, 30-year gilts headed for worst week in a year Investors remain worried about UK’s fiscal, inflation outlook A hectic week for UK bond and currency traders came to an end with yields stuck near the highest levels in years and the pound at its weakest since late...
