Analysis: Interest Rates

Bubble, bubble toil and trouble

LONDON -By Anna Szymanski, ROI Editor-in-Charge, and the ROI team  Hello Morning Bid readers!  Warnings about a stock market bubble grew louder this week, with the Bank...

Stocks pause as bubble warnings mount

LONDON -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets World stocks and gold paused their latest steep rally on Thursday...

IMF chief says global economy doing 'better than feared,' downside risks dominate

WASHINGTON -The world economy has proven more resilient than expected despite acute strains from multiple shocks, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, forecasting only a...

AI and deals fizz drown out politics

LONDON -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets World stock markets cooled a touch on Tuesday after another...

Congress leaves DC and markets in the dark

LONDON -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets With Washington closed after Tuesday's congressional impasse,...

Shutdown talks go to the wire as Q3 ends

LONDON -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets A looming U.S. government shutdown is casting a shadow over the...

Stocks cop one-two punch

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Just as the word was slowly fading away from the memories of investors, it has been foisted upon them again. Asian...

Trump says China's Xi approved TikTok deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping to approve a deal over TikTok. He approved the TikTok deal, Trump said to reporters in the...

Wall St rallies after post-Fed hesitation

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets U.S. markets stumbled on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered its...

Brazil expects Mercosur-UAE trade deal by end of 2025, minister says

Brazil expects South America's Mercosur bloc and the United Arab Emirates to finalize a trade agreement by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Tuesday. He also...

Brazil's finance minister sees rate cuts in coming months

BRASILIA -Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday he expects interest rate cuts to begin in the coming months, citing a more favorable foreign exchange outlook in Latin America's...

China Evergrande liquidators appointed as receivers over founder's assets

HONG KONG -China Evergrande Group's liquidators have been appointed to identify and preserve the assets of founder Hui Ka Yan, the Hong Kong High Court said in a ruling on Tuesday. Hui,...

Fed opens September meeting with independence under threat

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The U.S. Federal Reserve kicks off its two-day policy meeting later on Tuesday where an interest rate cut is all but...

Asia gets AI fever as Oracle surges

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It was Oracle mania that lighted a fire under Asian tech stocks on Thursday, as Japan, Taiwan and South Korea set...

Political turmoil comes thick and fast

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The political noise just keeps coming. Over the span of a few days, British Deputy Prime Minister Angela...

Fed approaches Easy Street, political pots boil

ORLANDO, Florida -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  World stocks rallied and gold leaped...

Crisis-prone France sinks deeper into debt quagmire

The collapse of France's latest government leaves the euro zone's second-biggest economy lurching deeper into a morass of feeble growth, high borrowing costs and a debt burden becoming one of Europe's...

Rate cut anticipation boosts stocks, bonds as US labor market chills

Wall Street and world stocks were mostly higher on Thursday and U.S. Treasury yields fell, as a cooling U.S. labor market and dovish comments from Federal Reserve officials pointed to a likely...

Relief as Japan debt auction sails through

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart HunterJittery bond markets found reasons for calm as members of the Federal Reserve sounded a supportive note for rate cuts...