Analysis-Aging Uruguay’s vote to drop pension age is rattling investors
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay heads to the polls to vote for a new president this month, but investors have a wary eye on another ballot: a referendum…
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Analysis-Trump’s tax cut pledges are coming fast and furious in waning days of campaign
By Gram Slattery and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is rolling out a new tax-cut proposal about once a week in an unusual rush in…
Surging US repo activity likely exacerbating funding pressure
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – A sharp steady rise in overnight repurchase agreements is overwhelming banks that serve as middlemen for such short-term borrowings in U.S. government securities,…
Faster move to neutral rate could help Bank of Canada fend off below-target inflation
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada is likely to lower interest rates to a neutral setting that neither restricts nor stimulates its economy more quickly than…
Central bank body calls for more detailed monitoring of bank liquidity risks
By Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) – Banking supervisors should ensure that individual entities of global banks have sufficient liquidity rather than just monitoring risks at group-level,…
Futures lower, bank earnings ahead, Tesla’s robotaxi event – what’s moving markets
Investing.com — US stock futures point lower ahead of a batch of big bank earnings, including quarterly figures from JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC). Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) reveals its new…
Is Powell too dovish? This strategist thinks so
Investing.com — The Federal Reserve’s upcoming November 6-7 meeting is likely to see a stronger stance from monetary policy hawks, Yardeni Research strategists said in a note, as September’s inflation…
Take Five: Growth, shops and rates
(Reuters) – China’s GDP figures, U.S. retail sales and a rate decision by the European Central Bank headline the coming week, while earnings are under way on both sides of…
Column-America’s record ‘net debtor’ status enters the unknown: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Foreign investors’ claims on Uncle Sam have been greater than U.S. investors’ claims overseas for decades, an imbalance that many analysts have long…
German inflation confirmed at 1.8% in September
BERLIN (Reuters) – German inflation eased to 1.8% in September, the federal statistics office said on Friday, confirming preliminary data. German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union…