Finance

The French economy had a weak start to the year, and is expected to struggle ahead as a jump in […]

A divided committee, external political pressures, and an energy shock—Kevin Warsh is inheriting a Fed unlike any his predecessors faced.

Factory activity in China expanded at a slower pace in April but beat expectations, suggesting limited pressure from surging energy

The bank’s monetary committee cut the Selic benchmark lending rate to 14.5% from 14.75%, but it indicated that future rate

In a contentious end to Powell’s eight-year chairmanship, the central bank’s interest-rate stance drew four dissents. Source link

The Bank of Canada kept its main interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, and signaled the rate may stay close to

Housing starts, a gauge of new residential construction, rose 10.8% in March to 1.502 million. Source link

Orders for durable goods grew in March, the Commerce Department said, breaking a streak of three straight months of declines.

Consumer prices were 3.5% higher than a year earlier, an increase in the annual rate of inflation from 3.4% in

Australia’s consumer prices jumped in the first quarter, hitting the highest level since September 2023, as the impact of the