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Federal Reserve officials — including two who will become voters in 2026 — offered strongly opposing views Friday on what to do with interest rates, continuing a debate that will grip the US central bank into the new year.
Oil prices edged down in choppy trading, with US crude falling to the lowest since May, as weakness in US equities markets added to bearish sentiment about oversupply.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s popularity has dropped further behind the leader of an opposition party, an opinion poll shows, with general elections less than two months away.
Rich Asian investors are plowing record money into complex stock bets that saddled them with big losses just a few years ago.
Fear is drifting out of the corporate-bond market again, even if the risks aren’t.
The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank with an initial capital of 500 billion CFA francs ($895 million) to fund infrastructure, energy and agricultural projects.
Coca-Cola Co. is holding last-ditch talks with TDR Capital this weekend as its proposed sale of Costa Coffee faces the risk of collapse, the Financial Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
China Vanke Co., the nation’s last major developer to have so far avoided default amid an unprecedented property crisis, has been left with little time to keep debt failure at bay after creditors spurned its proposal to push back a looming bond payment.
Source: Bloomberg, 5:01
Bitcoin continues to drift toward the lower bound of its recent trading range with any increase in the price seen being met by selling from investors who purchased the largest cryptocurrency near the all-time high reached in early October.
Vanguard Group may now allow clients to trade spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, but one of the firm’s senior investment leaders says its underlying view of crypto remains unchanged.
Five cryptocurrency firms received preliminary approval to perform certain banking functions from a US regulator on Friday, marking the latest step in the White House‘s embrace of what was once viewed as a risky, fringe industry.
Bitcoin veered back toward the lower portion of its recent trading range amid lingering concern about demand for risky assets.
The chief investment officer of one of the world’s biggest bond funds is warning of “dangerous” assumptions in the credit market, where inflated ratings may be giving investors a false sense of security just as the Federal Reserve faces limits on its ability to step in.
A prolonged period of elevated long-term bond yields is ramping up borrowing costs around the world. That’s because investors are demanding extra compensation for holding government debt in the face of entrenched budget deficits, sticky inflation and burgeoning questions around central bank independence.
Banks have been in a bind. They want to make more loans so they can better compete against non-banking lenders and boost profits, but they have been hindered by tighter rules imposed after the 2008 financial crisis that require them to hold aside extra money to cover potential losses on the loans they have already made. This leaves less fresh capital available to pursue new lending or expand the company.
Gold has staged a dramatic rally this year as the US Trump administration’s unorthodox economic policies sent investors and central banks reaching for safe-haven assets. Right now, however, it’s silver that’s stealing the spotlight.
Oil prices have been falling as the market faces the prospect of a growing surplus.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s popularity has dropped further behind the leader of an opposition party, an opinion poll shows, with general elections less than two months away.
Rich Asian investors are plowing record money into complex stock bets that saddled them with big losses just a few years ago.
Fear is drifting out of the corporate-bond market again, even if the risks aren’t.
The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank with an initial capital of 500 billion CFA francs ($895 million) to fund infrastructure, energy and agricultural projects.
Coca-Cola Co. is holding last-ditch talks with TDR Capital this weekend as its proposed sale of Costa Coffee faces the risk of collapse, the Financial Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
China Vanke Co., the nation’s last major developer to have so far avoided default amid an unprecedented property crisis, has been left with little time to keep debt failure at bay after creditors spurned its proposal to push back a looming bond payment.