Tag: interest rates

Retail sales fell by 3.2% in December in the sharpest drop since the UK was in a Covid lockdown.

The average on a 30-year loan stands at 6.60%, down from a peak of nearly 8% in October. Mortgage...

Bonds around the world are extending gains on expectations that a wave of easing will break out next year as inflation fears...

Moody's on Friday lowered its outlook on the U.S. credit rating to "negative" from "stable" citing large fiscal deficits and a decline...

China led Asia's stock markets higher on Wednesday as investors cheered the approval of a trillion-yuan sovereign bond issue as a harbinger...

The US dollar extended its gains, sending the currency toward its longest rally in years as the strength of the economy fuels...

The South African rand gained on Tuesday ahead of a raft of domestic and international data releases due later this week.

Investors were watching for ripple effects from the aborted mutiny in Russia, with some expecting a move into safe havens such as...

What could happen on Main Street if Washington's political showdown over the debt ceiling stopped the government from cutting checks that fund...

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he plans to speak with top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy on Sunday as part of...