Stock market today: Asian shares slip as China says economy hit 5% growth target in '24
Share benchmarks in China showed scant reaction, given that the 5% annual growth exactly matched the government's target for ...
Thai Stock Market Expected To Open In The Red
The Thai stock market on Friday snapped the two-day slide in which it had stumbled almost 30 points or 2.2 percent. The Stock ...
South Korea acting President Choi says to monitor financial markets around the clock
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Friday the government will make an all-out effort to stabilise the ...
NBC New York10d
Asia's central banks face a formidable challenge: An ascendant U.S. dollar
Federal officials at their December meeting expressed concern ... sending major Asian currencies lower and prompting some ...
Associated Press16d
Average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage hits 6.91%, according to Freddie Mac, the highest since July
Interest rates have been climbing since the Federal Reserve signaled last month that it expects to raise its benchmark rate just twice this year, down from the four cuts it forecast in September. The ...
Bangkok Post17d
Bitcoin slips in December as investors cash in on record rally
Feverish speculation in the crypto market has cooled as expectations for interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve waned, eroding appetite for riskier assets. The group of a dozen Bitcoin ...
Government Executive20d
Biden to close federal agencies Jan. 9 for Carter day of mourning
President Biden issued an executive order on Monday to close federal agencies and offices next month in recognition of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100 in his home in Plains ...
MarketWatch20d
The Fed’s rate cuts were supposed to make borrowing cheaper. So why is it harder than ever to buy a house?
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for the third time this year on Wednesday as its effort to control inflation continued. Though rate cuts have made the cost of borrowing ...
AllAfrica.com21d
South Africa: Hyena Kills Young Girl At Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
The young daughter of a staff member at one of the privately owned safari lodges at Timbavati Private Nature Reserve was killed by a spotted hyena on Friday, 27 December. A hyena attack at a ...
MarketWatch21d
Federal Reserve proposes more transparency in bank stress tests, but banks still sue
Bank industry groups file lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Reserve’s stress-test scenarios may be unrealistic Last Updated: Dec. 24, 2024 at 4:45 p.m. ET First Published: Dec. 24, 2024 at 10:58 ...
CNN21d
Attention DOGE: Here’s how the federal government spends Americans’ tax dollars
As the co-heads of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to slash at least $2 trillion from the federal budget.
Investopedia22d
What's Ahead For The Fed In 2025?
Eugene Gologursky / Getty Images for The New York Times The Federal Reserve's plans for interest rate cuts in 2025 are up in the air as officials wait to see what policy President-elect Donald ...