Browsing: Economy

The U.K. pound dropped to a six-month low and shares of London-listed housebuilders jumped after the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at 5.25%. The…

By Howard Schneider and Michael S. Derby WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but stiffened a hawkish monetary policy stance…

Guy LeBas, chief fixed income strategist at Janney, performed the very useful service of annotating the press conference of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with GIFs…

By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) – As U.S. regulators start to overhaul the way they police lenders after three banks failed this year, they will have to…

The Bank of England decision promised to be a cliff hanger, and it was, even for the nine people deciding what to do. Breaking a string…

Denmark’s central bank has revised its economic growth predictions for the country, projecting a more robust expansion through to 2025. The latest figures, released on Wednesday,…

How do you know if an economy is headed into a recession? You don’t, until it’s already in one. That’s the implication of a little-known indicator…

Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank (ECB), warned on Wednesday about the escalating global debt and the slowdown in globalization as significant risks…

David Brooks, a columnist for the New York Times, took to social media to express his dismay over food prices. Does it really cost $78 for…

Employers in the U.S. are expecting to see the largest increase in healthcare costs in a decade in 2024 according to forecasts from healthcare benefit consultants…