Dashed hopes for March rate cuts

Dashed hopes for March rate cuts

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 31, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

China’s factory activity expanded in January, diverging from official data

China’s factory activity expanded in January, diverging from official data

Several bills, each with a value of 100 Chinese renminbi, lie on a table. Johannes Neudecker | Picture Alliance | Getty Images China’s factory activity expanded for a third-straight month in January, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday, helped by the first expansion in new export orders in seven months. Thursday’s print though, extended a … Read more

Cotton defends pressing TikTok CEO on ties to Chinese Communist Party

Cotton defends pressing TikTok CEO on ties to Chinese Communist Party

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defended pressing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate hearing Wednesday. “Singapore, unfortunately, is one of the places in the world that has the highest degree of infiltration and influence by the Chinese Communist Party,” Cotton said on Fox News’s “The Story … Read more

FBI shut down China ‘Volt Typhoon’ hackers targeting U.S.

FBI shut down China ‘Volt Typhoon’ hackers targeting U.S.

The FBI shut down a major China-backed hacking group that attacked hundreds of routers and had been working to compromise U.S. cyber infrastructure, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced Wednesday at a House committee hearing. The hacking group, code-named “Volt Typhoon,” had compromised hundreds of office and home-office routers to allow the Chinese government to access … Read more

Starbucks’ earnings report was weak — but Wall Street expected worse

Starbucks’ earnings report was weak — but Wall Street expected worse

A customer exits a Starbucks store in Manhattan on Jan. 30, 2024, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wall Street is shaking off Starbucks’ weak quarterly report, seemingly taking executives at their word that the company’s challenges are “transitory.” The coffee giant’s stock ticked higher in morning trading, hours after it reported … Read more

IMF ups emerging Asia growth forecast, warns of China property risks but says India is a bright spot

IMF ups emerging Asia growth forecast, warns of China property risks but says India is a bright spot

Pedestrians walk past a Caixin Weekly magazine, published by Caixin Media Co., on display at a news stand in Beijing, China, on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund revised up its growth forecast for developing Asia economies in 2024 as it remained optimistic on India, but … Read more

Tech earnings not impressing Wall Street

Tech earnings not impressing Wall Street

The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, June 9, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What … Read more

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be Lehman moment: China Beige Book

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be Lehman moment: China Beige Book

China Evergrande Group’s logo is displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken on September 27, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A liquidation order to property giant China Evergrande liquidation crisis this week deepened concerns about China’s struggling real estate sector — but analysts say the spillover will likely be … Read more

India’s interim budget falls on Feb. 1. Here’s what to expect

India’s interim budget falls on Feb. 1. Here’s what to expect

Parliament building in New Delhi, India. Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India is set to release its interim budget for 2024 on Thursday, ahead of the country’s highly anticipated general elections. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the pre-election budget for the fiscal year which runs from April 1, 2024 to … Read more

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be China’s Lehman moment: Leland

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be Lehman moment: China Beige Book

China Evergrande Group’s logo is displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken on September 27, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A liquidation order to property giant China Evergrande liquidation crisis this week deepened concerns about China’s struggling real estate sector — but analysts say the spillover will likely be … Read more