New U.S. jobless claim applications fell last week, remaining within the healthy range of recent years, according to the government’s first weekly layoffs data since before the government shut down on Oct. 1
November 20, 2025
The US economy added 119,000 jobs in September, but unemployment rose to a nearly four-year high
November 20, 2025
U.S. job growth likely picked up moderately in September, while the unemployment rate held steady near a four-year high of 4.3%, consistent with sluggish labor
November 20, 2025
A relief rally swept across Asian markets and lifted stocks on Thursday as investors cheered Nvidia's market-topping earnings, while the dollar ticked up
November 20, 2025
Australia's central bank is examining three issues that could influence policy, including whether firms have changed how they set prices and whether the transmission channels for
November 20, 2025
A divided Federal Reserve cut interest rates last month even as policymakers cautioned that doing so could risk entrenched inflation and a loss of public
November 19, 2025
The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldn’t calculate the unemployment rate and some other key numbers
November 19, 2025
The cost of U.S. overnight funding in the repo market has stayed stubbornly high and is expected to remain elevated going into year
November 19, 2025
China is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged for a sixth consecutive month in November, a Reuters survey showed, after the central bank signalled less urgency for
November 19, 2025
Australian wages grew at a steady pace in the third quarter, driven by public sector pay gains, adding to a string of upbeat data that reinforces expectations the
November 19, 2025
The Bank of England will cut interest rates in December and again early next year as inflation cools over coming months, according to a majority of economists in
November 18, 2025
The dollar held modest gains against the yen after touching a fresh 9-1/2-month high on Tuesday, and edged up versus the euro as investors worried about Japan’s fiscal
November 18, 2025
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Tuesday that he did not expect his view on interest rates to shift much in the near term, saying
November 18, 2025
Corporations across the U.S. could potentially be leaving millions on the table depending on their cash management strategies, according to research published by
November 18, 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest lender, believes demand for home loans is too high and is helping to push property prices up, Chief Executive Matt Comyn said on
November 18, 2025
Canadian home sales rose 0.9% in October from September as lower borrowing costs helped offset uncertain prospects for Canada's economy, data from the Canadian Real
November 17, 2025
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November 14, 2025
Australia's biggest banks are ramping up efforts to reduce their reliance on mortgage brokers in the nation's $1.6 trillion home loan market,
November 14, 2025
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits eased slightly last week, Haver Analytics estimated on Thursday, pointing to stable
November 13, 2025
Wall Street indexes suffered their biggest one-day decline in a month on Thursday, pushing down MSCI's global equities gauge while U.S.
November 13, 2025
Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, with steep losses in Nvidia and other AI heavyweights, as investors scaled back expectations of interest rate cuts due to
November 13, 2025
The U.S. dollar dipped on Thursday as the U.S. government reopened, leaving traders grappling with the long-term impact the shutdown will have on trust in the U.S
November 12, 2025
By Mike Dolan -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets With the U.S. government now reopening after a six-week hiatus, market attention
November 13, 2025
Investors laid a record wager on Japan's yen rising to take advantage of a long-overdue economic revival that coincided with expectations for a U.S.
November 13, 2025
Long overlooked as the backwater of the Australian equity market, small-cap stocks are having their best run in over a decade due to strong earnings and growth
November 12, 2025
Australian employment surged in October as firms took on more full-time workers, pulling the jobless rate down from a four-year high and bolstering a growing view that
November 13, 2025
The U.S.
November 12, 2025
London's FTSE 100 logged a third consecutive record close, supported by gains in utilities and mining shares as investors welcomed signs of a potential end to the prolonged U.S. government
November 12, 2025
Euro zone inflation is unlikely to fall too low and risks may actually be skewed toward higher than forecast readings, but the European Central Bank can tolerate small target
November 12, 2025
With war likely over, Iranian rulers must face demands of angry, embittered population
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Florida sues TikTok, claiming it violates state child safety law
South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim dies in Germany at age 91 after a brief illness
Braves' Spencer Strider shut down for 4 weeks because of inflammation in his right elbow