Striking a balance between the bright and dark sides of asylum policies is difficult. It requires meticulous planning and effective execution to pursue the best results for asylum seekers and host countries.
Oct 03, 2023
The August core Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE), which excludes food and energy, rose 0.1% from July, half of the June-July rise and half of analysts' estimates.
Oct 02, 2023
A Placer.ai report shows that Costco's traffic has been gaining momentum, with year-over-year visits increasing 3% during August, 4.5% in July and 3.6% in June.
Sep 29, 2023
Once upon a time, China's leadership could swiftly address the country's economic problems. It could quickly turn economic slowdowns into booms.
Sep 26, 2023
September is usually a dismal time for investors. It's the month after the end of the summer when money managers make portfolio adjustments and trade volume picks up.
Sep 25, 2023
The Federal Reserve's tight monetary policy, which has pushed short-term rates above 5%, is beginning to take its toll on the equity and debt markets.
Sep 22, 2023
US stocks, Treasury bonds, and oil have been under pressure recently as Wall Street faces massive headwinds, which scare traders and investors away.
Sep 21, 2023
In their long history, U.S. automakers have been through good and bad times.
Sep 19, 2023
The gains in gasoline prices place the nation's central bank on alert for a resumption of inflation, making the September interest rate hike a hawkish rather than a dovish pause.
Sep 18, 2023
Traders and investors were encouraged by the release of a report by the U.S. Census Bureau before the market opening, which showed that sales increased by 0.6% in August from the previous month.
Sep 15, 2023
The rapid depreciation of the Chinese currency sounds like a paradox. China is still a significant exporter of manufacturing goods with a trade surplus, creating a strong demand for its currency.
Sep 11, 2023
Equities came under pressure from a sell-off in big tech companies like Apple, Qualcomm and Nvidia, which weigh heavily on major equity indexes.
Sep 11, 2023
China must recognize its youth unemployment problem. It's getting from bad to worse, with the government stopping providing data on it.
Sep 08, 2023
Nvidia has better sales growth and a higher Economic Value Added (EVA) than Tesla and Amazon and trades at a lower Price-to-Earnings ratio (PE).
Sep 05, 2023
The S&P 500 ended the week at 4,515, up 1.9% for the week, the Dow Jones at 34,837, up 0.70%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq at 14,031, up 2.4%.
Sep 04, 2023
Positive earnings surprises usually drive equity prices higher. But not this time around.
Aug 31, 2023
Aiding the down pressure on stocks was the anticipation of a hawkish message by the Fed chair in the annual economic conference at Jackson Hole.
Aug 28, 2023
China's aggressive expansion into Africa may have solved some of the problems of the old continent while enriching the country's construction companies in the process. But it has yet to help solve China's growing economic problems.
Aug 24, 2023
This year, traders and investors on Wall Street will pay close attention to figure out whether rising bond yields and China's woes will give the Fed a good reason for a dovish message — a pause in interest rate hikes in fighting inflation.
Aug 23, 2023
The S&P 500 ended last week with 90 points or a 2% loss, the Dow Jones with 1200 or a 3.4% loss, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq with 337 points or a 2.5% loss.
Aug 21, 2023
Evergrande's problems reveal something scary about China's debt: Nobody knows how big and how bad it is.
Aug 18, 2023
Both companies are cracking down on password sharing, meaning that the effective subscription rates for friends and family become even costlier.
Aug 16, 2023
When bond yields rise, the opportunity cost of capital committed to equities rises, and therefore, the expected return on equities decreases. As a result, equities command lower valuations.
Aug 14, 2023
If the shift in the weather pattern is the case, it could lead to a slowdown and even a reversal of tourism trends between northern and southern Europe, as north Europeans would rather spend their summer vacation time at home than travel in south Europe.
Aug 11, 2023
Twelve months ago, Wall Street was trading on the narrative that the U.S. economy will slide into a full-blown recession for the rest of the year.
Aug 10, 2023
Both headline July Consumer Price and Producer Price Index are highly volatile, as they include food and energy, which are influenced by seasonal and geopolitical factors.
Aug 08, 2023
According to a recent FactSet Geographic Revenue Exposure report, S&P 500 companies with more than 50% overseas sales have suffered a revenue and earnings shortfall, underperforming those with less than 50% overseas sales presence.
Aug 07, 2023
After the close of the regular trade session on Wednesday, Amazon reported a second-quarter net income of $6.7 billion or 65 cents per share on $134.4 billion in revenues.
Aug 04, 2023
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the July nonfarm payrolls report on Friday morning. It's a survey of private business establishments in the country measuring the net number of jobs generated monthly.
Aug 02, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next big thing that promises to change the world and bring new fortunes to Wall Street.
Aug 01, 2023