US job creation revised sharply lower Newsflash: Employment growth across America has been much weaker than previously thought over the last three months – a sign that the US labor market may be cooling. The latest non-farm payroll, just released, shows that US employment rose by just 73,000 in July, rather weaker than the 110,000 […]
House price reaction: Affordability rising, but inflation hurting buyers We’ll have plenty of reaction coming in to those house price numbers this morning. The important factors to consider are ultimately what it means to those who are buying, selling or needing a new mortgage deal soon. Of late it has seemed a good time for […]
The cryptocurrency landscape is evolving at a dizzying pace, and at the heart of this transformation lies the Solana ETF—a harbinger of the institutional investment boom in digital assets. As titans of finance like Grayscale and Franklin Templeton jump into the fray, it’s clear that the appetite for crypto-related financial products is fanning into a […]
U.S. trade partners around the world were reacting on Friday to President Donald Trump ‘s executive order that would introduce new tariffs on many of them in seven days, as the global economy and alliances face a fresh test from the president’s trade agenda. Trump’s order was issued Thursday night and came after a flurry […]
Good news, ‘80s action fans: Blasting bad guys’ brains out and balls off is still RoboCop’s business, and business is… unfinished. A standalone expansion to 2023’s entertainingly authentic RoboCop: Rogue City, RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business takes Robo’s relentless rampage off the scum-riddled streets of Old Detroit and up through the heavily guarded heights […]
William Burckart Editor’s Note: This commentary is the third in a series of essays from this author on the future of institutional investment management. Around the world, CIOs are rethinking risk, responsibility and influence—embedding system-level awareness into investment beliefs, governance frameworks and portfolio-wide decisionmaking. In Part I and Part II of this series, I explored […]
New Africa // Shutterstock Rural Americans more likely to participate in the informal economy, study shows There is a dentist in Mitchell County, North Carolina who often gets paid in art. Artists who don’t have health insurance will offer something like a painting or a sculpture in exchange for dental work. Mitchell County is home […]
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have opened at new highs, lifted by strong results from Meta and Microsoft after the market closed last night. Also affecting sentiment was a 0.3 per cent rise in a key measure of inflation, the personal consumption expenditures price index, in June. It was the biggest increase since February. The […]
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia highlighted some of the gaps in the state’s emergency response system, the lawmakers said. LINCOLN CITY, Ore. — From sunset Tuesday to well after sunrise Wednesday, the tsunami’s threat still lingered for those on the Oregon Coast after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of […]
Encore Capital Group Releases Third Economic Freedom Study: Insights on Financial Stress and Consumer Attitudes Toward Debt Management Quiver Quantitative Read the full article…
