Analysis: Interest Rates

The bond vigilantes are resting, for now

LONDON -What matters in U.S. and global markets today by EMEA markets breaking news editor Amanda Cooper. Intro Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill is heading towards a...

Trade optimism gives way to caution over US jobs

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It's been a pretty muted session in Asia and rightly so, given the high stakes in U.S. payrolls data due later in...

Deadline? What deadline?

LONDON -What matters in U.S. and global markets today Global stocks are tiptoeing higher, while the U.S. dollar continues to struggle at three-year lows against a basket of currencies....

China Communist Party magazine calls for crackdown on price wars

BEIJING -A prominent Chinese Communist Party publication called for a crackdown on competition that fuels price wars and squeezes profits in various industries, criticising large companies and local...

Republicans ignore debt worry as they push forward on Trump tax-cut bill

WASHINGTON -As President Donald Trump's Republicans push ahead on a sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that nonpartisan analysts say could add $3.3 trillion to the nation's debt over the next decade,...

Trump says US could reach trade deal with India, casts doubt on deal with Japan

WASHINGTON -The United States could reach a trade deal with India that would help American companies compete in the South Asian country and leave it facing far lower tariffs, President Donald Trump...

Rates: A brief look back in time

Before letting the summer lull set in, we wanted to clarify a few points raised in our last publication, particularly regarding the bond market's reaction to the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites.

Trading Day: Whirlwind fades, calm returns

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  After two days of strong gains in world stocks amid the...

Rates: That's it for now… until next time

The round of announcements by the major central banks ended without any bombshells from the US Federal Reserve. A wait-and-see attitude prevails across the Atlantic, while Europe as a whole remains...

Oil keeps calm, MidEast conflict carries on

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Oil ebbs again as Fed meets

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Senate tweaks to Trump tax bill seen adding to US debt in line with House plan

NEW YORK -U.S. Senate Republicans' proposed changes to President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill are expected to push U.S. debt levels higher, roughly in line with projections from...

Oil contained as Mideast war rages

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Rates: Tariffs? What tariffs?

The doomers have been proven wrong. After predicting the worst on Liberation Day, the economic statistics do not corroborate the alarmist scenarios we were fed… at least for now: Neither the CPI nor...

Emerging market local currency debt could end decade-long drought as dollar wanes

LONDON -A weakening U.S. dollar is lifting a long-neglected asset class - emerging market local currency debt - after a more than decade-long drought. Emerging market local-currency...

Trading Day-Good vibrations turn sour

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U.S.-China framework underwhelms

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As US trade truce gets back on track, some Chinese exporters are 'slowly dying'

SHANGHAI/BEIJING -Jacky Ren, who owns a kitchen appliance factory in China, says exporters in his industry are now selling at a loss to keep their U.S. clients, with little power to say no to...

US-China trade truce leaves investors none the wiser

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE -The latest trade truce between China and the United States offers investors hope that the two superpowers can reach a lasting resolution and prevent further market disruption, but...