Economy

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  China’s latest inflation figures are out on Thursday, and they could not be coming at a…

(Reuters) – Jefferies Financial reported an over three-fold rise in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as the investment bank earned higher fees from deal advisory and underwriting activity remained strong. An…

By Amanda Cooper, Yoruk Bahceli and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A sharp selloff in some of the world’s biggest government bond markets and a continued rise in the dollar…

Brazil’s recent spurt of economic expansion is expected to slow down as the country faces persistent sovereign debt concerns and the likelihood of continued interest rate hikes, according to a…

Investing.com — The U.S. corporate debt market has witnessed a surge in new bond offerings this week, driven by rising Treasury yields that have increased demand for debt, according to…

Monday – Capital Economics has forecasted that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN) will likely begin reducing interest rates from May 2025, with expectations for the policy rate to decrease by 400…

Investing.com – Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) on Wednesday released its outlook on the Canadian economy, highlighting a mixed forecast for 2025, with the household sector showing resilience due to increasing real…

PARIS (Reuters) – France needs to bring its public sector budget deficit as close as possible to 5% of economic output this year as a first step towards getting the…

Investing.com — Federal Reserve policymakers were in favor of slowing the pace of rate cuts on concerns about stalling disinflation, according to the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 17-18…