Analysis: Interest Rates

Shutdown talks go to the wire as Q3 ends

LONDON -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets A looming U.S. government shutdown is casting a shadow over the...

Stocks cop one-two punch

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Just as the word was slowly fading away from the memories of investors, it has been foisted upon them again. Asian...

Trump says China's Xi approved TikTok deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping to approve a deal over TikTok. He approved the TikTok deal, Trump said to reporters in the...

Wall St rallies after post-Fed hesitation

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets U.S. markets stumbled on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered its...

China's Tencent raises $1.27 billion in dim sum bond deal

Chinese gaming and social media leader Tencent Holdings said on Wednesday it had raised 9 billion yuan in a three-tranche offshore yuan bond deal. The company issued 5-, 10- and...

Brazil's finance minister sees rate cuts in coming months

BRASILIA -Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday he expects interest rate cuts to begin in the coming months, citing a more favorable foreign exchange outlook in Latin America's...

China Evergrande liquidators appointed as receivers over founder's assets

HONG KONG -China Evergrande Group's liquidators have been appointed to identify and preserve the assets of founder Hui Ka Yan, the Hong Kong High Court said in a ruling on Tuesday. Hui,...

Fed opens September meeting with independence under threat

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The U.S. Federal Reserve kicks off its two-day policy meeting later on Tuesday where an interest rate cut is all but...

Asia gets AI fever as Oracle surges

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It was Oracle mania that lighted a fire under Asian tech stocks on Thursday, as Japan, Taiwan and South Korea set...

Political turmoil comes thick and fast

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The political noise just keeps coming. Over the span of a few days, British Deputy Prime Minister Angela...

Fed approaches Easy Street, political pots boil

ORLANDO, Florida -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  World stocks rallied and gold leaped...

Crisis-prone France sinks deeper into debt quagmire

The collapse of France's latest government leaves the euro zone's second-biggest economy lurching deeper into a morass of feeble growth, high borrowing costs and a debt burden becoming one of Europe's...

German exports unexpectedly fall, investor morale plunges

German exports unexpectedly fell in July on a sharp decline in U.S. demand due to Washington's tariffs on European imports, official data showed on Monday, while a survey indicated that investor...

Rate cut anticipation boosts stocks, bonds as US labor market chills

Wall Street and world stocks were mostly higher on Thursday and U.S. Treasury yields fell, as a cooling U.S. labor market and dovish comments from Federal Reserve officials pointed to a likely...

Relief as Japan debt auction sails through

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart HunterJittery bond markets found reasons for calm as members of the Federal Reserve sounded a supportive note for rate cuts...

Trading Day: 'September effect' makes early mark

ORLANDO, Florida -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  Stock markets around the world slumped...

China Evergrande liquidators apply for receivers to identify founder's assets

HONG KONG -Liquidators of China Evergrande, once the country's largest property developer, have asked a Hong Kong court to appoint receivers to identify and preserve the assets of founder Hui Ka Yan,...

British 30-year gilt yields reach new records

Britain's 30-year gilt yield has climbed to its highest level since 1998, touching 5.680% and outpacing every other G7 economy. The spike reflects not only global jitters over sovereign debt but also...

COSCO facing 'challenges' with international investments amid US trade pressures

HONG KONG -COSCO Shipping Ports is facing challenges with its international investments amid pressures from the U.S. trade war, its managing director said in Hong Kong on Thursday. Wu...