Hopes sink for March rate cuts

Hopes sink for March rate cuts

A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2023.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets … Read more

Factories in developing Asia may have seen the worst of manufacturing slump

Factories in developing Asia may have seen the worst of manufacturing slump

A worker inside a bending and welding workshop for wind turbine towers at a CS Wind Corp. factory in Tan Thanh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Renewables will dominate the growth of the worlds electricity supply over the next three years, according to the International Energy Agency, as countries race to get … Read more

What the Federal Reserve’s next move means for the rates you pay

What the Federal Reserve’s next move means for the rates you pay

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it will leave interest rates unchanged, setting the stage for rate cuts to come and paving the way for relief from the combination of higher rates and inflation that have hit consumers particularly hard.  Although Fed officials indicated as many as three cuts coming this year, the pace that they trim interest … Read more

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

10-year Treasury yield falls below 4% as traders evaluate Fed decision

10-year Treasury yield falls below 4% as traders evaluate Fed decision

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell below the key 4% level Wednesday afternoon after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said an interest rate cut wasn’t likely at the March meeting but would likely come later this year. The benchmark yield was down nearly 13 basis points to 3.929%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury fell … Read more

Saudi Arabia’s fourth-quarter GDP falls 3.7% year-on-year

Saudi Arabia’s fourth-quarter GDP falls 3.7% year-on-year

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Xavierarnau | E+ | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s fourth-quarter real GDP fell 3.7% year-on-year, according to flash estimates published by the General Authority for Statistics on Wednesday. That’s a smaller drop than the 4.4% year-on-year slide in the third quarter. The drop was attributed to a 16.4% decline in oil activities, while … 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

Manufacturing activity shrank for 4th straight month in January

Manufacturing activity shrank for 4th straight month in January

Banknotes of Renminbi arranged for photography on July 03 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. S3studio | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s factory activity contracted for a fourth consecutive month in January, underscoring the much-needed litany of policy support for the world’s second-largest economy which Beijing announced last week. The official manufacturing purchasing … Read more

Tech earnings not good enough for Wall Street

Tech earnings not good enough for Wall Street

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange 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 … Read more