Consumers, businesses have turned cautious

Consumers, businesses have turned cautious

Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Thomas Moynihan speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. consumers and businesses alike have turned cautious on spending this year because of elevated inflation … Read more

Fed’s Williams says inflation is too high but will start coming down soon

Fed’s Williams says inflation is too high but will start coming down soon

John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, during the Market Forum: FX in Focus event in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images NEW YORK — New York Federal Reserve President John Williams on Thursday said inflation is still … Read more

Dow drops, Nvidia couldn’t save Nasdaq

Dow drops, Nvidia couldn’t save Nasdaq

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on Dec. 14, 2023, in New York City. Angela Weiss | Afp | 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 … Read more

Dow drops, Nvidia can’t save Nasdaq

Dow drops, Nvidia couldn’t save Nasdaq

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 24, 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

Nasdaq tops 17,000; Exxon faces shareholder revolt

Nasdaq tops 17,000; Exxon faces shareholder revolt

The Nasdaq Marketplace is seen on March 01, 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 matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

Fed’s Kashkari wants to see ‘many more months’ of positive inflation data before a rate cut

Fed’s Kashkari wants to see ‘many more months’ of positive inflation data before a rate cut

LONDON — The Federal Reserve should wait for significant progress on inflation before cutting interest rates, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari told CNBC Tuesday. Asked what conditions were needed for the Fed to cut rates once or twice this year, Kashkari said: “Many more months of positive inflation data, I think, to give me confidence … Read more

Musk’s AI start-up raises $6 billion

Musk’s AI start-up raises  billion

Elon Musk attends the 2024 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Taylor Hill | 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 … Read more

Time is ‘ripe’ to cut rates next week: European Central Bank’s Rehn

Time is ‘ripe’ to cut rates next week: European Central Bank’s Rehn

Two key European Central Bank figures on Monday threw their weight behind the prospect of an interest rate cut next week, indicating that it is practically a done deal. In a speech on Monday, Olli Rehn, ECB governing council member and head of Finland’s central bank, stressed that inflation in the euro area was falling … Read more

The Fed probably won’t deliver any interest rate cuts this summer

The Fed probably won’t deliver any interest rate cuts this summer

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 24, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Investors likely will have to sweat out a summer during which it looks increasingly improbable that the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest rates. A batch of … Read more

Turkish markets are ‘on the verge of a renaissance moment,’ Citi says

Turkish markets are ‘on the verge of a renaissance moment,’ Citi says

Golden Horn and Bosphorus at sunset, Istanbul, Turkey Matteo Colombo | Digitalvision | Getty Images Investors who ran from Turkey in droves over the last several years may want to start heading back, the latest report from Citi on the country’s nascent signals. After more than half a decade of dramatically depreciating currency, burning through … Read more