ECONOMY & MARKETS

Japanese retail foreign currency deposits have jumped this year as local investors switch out of a weakening yen and zero-yielding local bond markets and into overseas markets with rising yields.

Germany can weather a winter energy shortage caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine provided companies and households pull together, the German chancellor said on Tuesday before European Union ministers meet again on the energy crisis.

Diesel refining margins in both Europe and the United States have hit all-time highs as strikes at French refineries exacerbate a global shortage of distillate fuels.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen views debt restructuring as a key priority, but senior Treasury officials said they do not expect any major breakthroughs on debt matters at this week's meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday the United States showed understanding to "a certain extent" on Tokyo's currency market intervention last month, giving Japan's first public indication of U.S.

European shares fell for a fifth straight session on Tuesday, pressured by a rise in government bond yields globally, with investors worrying about a potential recession and the impact on corporate profits from a rapid rise in interest rates.

Asian stockmarkets fell and the dollar rose on Tuesday with investors worried about rising interest rates and an escalation in the Ukraine war, while Treasury yields leapt as an unnerving collapse in British gilts ricocheted around global bond markets.

Oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending nearly 2% losses in the previous session, as a stronger U.S.

All major equity indexes ended Monday's trade lower, with the S&P 500 dropping 0.75%, the Dow Jones Industrials losing 0.32% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling the most by 1.04%.

The hedge funds that have managed to weather and outperform China's bumpy stock markets so far this year say betting on big-picture macroeconomic changes have helped them.

British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng needs to make 62 billion pounds ($69 billion) of spending cuts or tax rises to stop public debt growing ever-larger as a share of the economy, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said in a report on Tuesday.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is clear on the need for restrictive monetary policy to lower inflation, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard said on Monday, but the path and pace of rate increases will remain "data-dependent" as the central bank monitors the economy and the evolution of domestic and global risks.

European shares edged lower on Monday as investors stayed cautious ahead of major corporate earnings this week, with nerves around rising interest rates and escalating geopolitical tensions also weighing on sentiment.

The decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies last week to cut oil production has spurred a flurry of activity in the options market - but with more U.S.

British government bond prices tumbled on Monday in a sign that investors are yet to be convinced by Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng's drive to shore up fiscal credibility, which included bringing forward his new fiscal plan to Oct.

World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned on Monday of a growing risk of global recession and said inflation remained a continuing problem after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Pakistan's central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged at 15% on Monday, days after the South Asian country's credit rating was downgraded in the face of an economic meltdown exacerbated by devastating floods.

European Union countries will seek a November deal on more emergency measures to tackle high gas prices, officials said, although countries still disagree on what form those measures would take and whether they should cap gas prices.

U.S. stock index futures slipped on Monday, as an intensifying war in Ukraine and U.S.

The Bank of England sought to ease concerns about this week's expiry of its programme to calm turmoil in the government bond market, announcing on Monday new safety net measures including a doubling of the maximum size of its debt buy-backs.

Oil prices fell on Monday, snapping five days of gains, as investors took profits after a report on slowing economic activity in China, the world's biggest crude importer, re-ignited concerns about falling global fuel demand.

The dollar started the week firmly on Monday, with a strong U.S.

Stocks slipped in Asia on Monday after a surprise drop in U.S.

Hundreds of hedge fund managers and traders gathered at New York's Gotham Hall ballroom on Thursday, fixated on their big bets - in poker, not markets.

A U.S. judge could rule as early as Friday on a final auction schedule that could force a breakup of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum, the seventh-largest U.S.

As a painful decline in markets drags on, investors are grappling with a difficult choice: stick with stocks and hope for a turnaround or avoid them until better times arrive.

The United States on Friday added China's top memory chipmaker YMTC and 30 other Chinese entities to a list of companies that U.S.

The Canadian economy added jobs in September, but did little to recoup the losses of the last three months, while the jobless rate beat forecasts, edging down as fewer people looked for work, official data showed on Friday.

European shares slipped on Friday, led by semiconductor firms after weak earnings and forecasts from Samsung and Advanced Micro Devices, while recession fears lingered amid signs that central banks would remain aggressive with policy tightening.