A logo on the UniCredit SpA headquarters in Milan, Italy, on Saturday Jan. 22, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Italian bank UniCredit hit their highest level since 2015 on Monday, after announcing that it would return 8.6 billion euros ($9.2 billion) to investors on the back of higher-than-expected profits. The Milan-based bank shared … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following the release of the Fed’s interest rate policy decision at the Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed in an interview aired Sunday that the central bank will proceed carefully with interest rate cuts … Read more
Costco and TJX Companies should be able to manage the emerging transition to deflation by leveraging their deep value propositions to get customers to buy more. As inflation headwinds continue to ease, and perhaps at some point become tailwinds, their competitors will be able to better compete on price. So, Costco and TJX-owned T.J. Maxx, … Read more
An aerial view of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower together in eastern Mediterranean on November 03, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images There are growing calls from some political leaders on Capitol Hill to justify U.S. Navy protection of “foreign flag” vessels from … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he attends the opening of the Biden for President campaign office in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., February 3, 2024. Joshua Roberts | Reuters President Joe Biden won a landslide victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary Saturday, where voters sent a clear message that they are ready for Biden to pivot … Read more
A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software takes empathy out of the equation. So they can charge whatever the software tells them to charge,” said Kevin Weller, a tenant at Portside Towers … Read more
India has been the fastest-growing major economy for the third successive year. Despite global headwinds, including geo-political realignment, India’s economy would continue its strong and resilient growth of 6.7% in FY 2024 and 6.2% in FY 2025. The first Advance Estimates of National Income 2023-24 placed macro-economic growth at 7.3% in FY 24 vis-a-vis 7.2% … Read more
Job growth posted a surprisingly strong increase in January, demonstrating again that the U.S. labor market is solid and poised to support broader economic growth. Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 353,000 for the month, much better than the Dow Jones estimate for 185,000, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment rate held … Read more
Despite gold prices reaching new highs in 2023, silver – which is often called the sister metal of gold ended flat in the international markets. It started well in the first quarter, but multiple catalysts affected its fundamental outlook and suppressed prices in a tight range throughout the previous year. But in the domestic market, … Read more
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield topped 4% on Friday after a surprisingly strong jobs report that showed continued strength in the economy, but raised questions on when the Federal Reserve can cut interest rates. The yield on the 10-year Treasury shot up by 16 basis points to 4.02%. The 2-year Treasury yield climbed 17.4 basis … Read more
