Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard sees economic conditions moving in the right direction and sees room for a so-called ‘soft landing’ for the economy after a year of record-high inflation. Speaking at an event at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business on Thursday afternoon, Brainard, the second-ranking member of the Federal Reserve […]
Stock futures traded lower Thursday, building on the losses from the previous session, as rate and recession fears dented market sentiment. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 277 points, or 0.8%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures shed 0.8% and 1%, respectively. Wall Street is coming off a losing session. The […]
By Dat Nguyen  January 18, 2023 | 09:14 pm PT An employee counts U.S. banknotes at a bank in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung The U.S. dollar gained marginally against the Vietnamese dong Thursday morning. Unofficial exchange points sold the dollar at VND23,490, up 0.09% from Wednesday. Vietcombank sold the dollar at […]
Oil fell for the first time in almost two weeks as disappointing US economic data ignited fears of a recession and sparked a sell-off across Wall Street. West Texas Intermediate reversed course after hitting the highest intraday price since early December, falling almost 1%. Demand data out of China boosted oil prices at the start […]
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Jan 17 (Reuters) – Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar ticked up, while investors still sought direction from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate hike path. Spot gold fell 0.6% to $1,906.49 per ounce by 1117 GMT. The metal closed lower on Monday, after having risen to its highest since April 2022. […]
BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth fell to its second-lowest level in at least four decades last year under pressure from anti-virus controls and a real estate slump, but activity is reviving after restrictions that kept millions of people at home and sparked protests were lifted. The world’s No. 2 economy grew by 3% in […]
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