A global stock rout is deepening with investors fleeing to safe havens

A global stock rout is deepening with investors fleeing to safe havens

A man looks at an electronic boarddisplaying stock prices of the Nikkei 225 listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 30, 2024.  Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Investors on Monday turned to safe-haven assets as a global stock sell-off deepened, following weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data at the end of last … Read more

Is India close to a free trade agreement with the U.K.?

Is India close to a free trade agreement with the U.K.?

Customers browse the S1 Pro electric scooter of Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. at the launch event of Ola Experience Center in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Ola opened three showrooms called Ola Experience Centres in Bengaluru on Sunday. Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is … Read more

Banks get bullish on the British pound

Banks get bullish on the British pound

LONDON — With sterling as one of the best performing major currencies so far this year, analysts at various investment banks believe that the British pound still has more room to run, despite the Bank of England likely cutting interest rates in the near term. In a recent research note, experts at Goldman Sachs were … Read more

The tax with potential side effects

The tax with potential side effects

NEW DELHI, INDIA – JULY 23: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during Post Budget Press Conference at National Media Centre on July 23, 2024 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter, which … Read more

How will India spend its billions?

How will India spend its billions?

New Delhi, India – February 01: Finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, outside Finance Ministry on the Budget Day, with other members of Finance Ministry in New Delhi on February 01, 2024. (Photo by Hardik Chhabra/ The India Today Group via Getty Images) The India Today Group | The India Today Group | Getty Images This report … Read more

Modi in Moscow. What’s new?

Modi in Moscow. What’s new?

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take a walk during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / Sputnik POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Gavriil Grigorov | Afp | Getty Images This report is from … Read more

Japan’s yen surges after U.S. data as traders monitor intervention

Japan’s yen surges after U.S. data as traders monitor intervention

People stand outside a money changer looking at the rates of the Japanese yen against foreign currencies, along a street in central Tokyo on April 29, 2024.  Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images The dollar lost around 2% against the Japanese yen on Thursday as the market was suddenly jolted by fresh inflation … Read more

What a hung parliament in France could mean for markets

What a hung parliament in France could mean for markets

Participants gesture as they stand with a giant banner which reads as “France is the fabric of migration” during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France’s legislative election, at Place de la Republique in Paris on July 7, 2024. Emmanuel Dunand | Afp | Getty Images Initial indications … Read more

An education scandal years in the making

An education scandal years in the making

Members of the Youth Congress are protesting against the alleged government irregularities, paper leaks, and a sharp rise in perfect scores in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, … Read more

Onion could be holding India’s economy hostage

Onion could be holding India’s economy hostage

A seller is arranging onions at a vegetable market in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, on February 1, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big … Read more