A chaotic ‘up-crash’ as markets and economic realities made for a turbulent 2025
AI. Market records. Tariffs. Penguins. TACO. It’s been a big year of economic shocks and surges as the…
RBA live updates: RBA tipped to keep rates on hold as market awaits clues to next move
Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile bid worth $US108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, in a last-ditch effort to…
Interest rate hikes increasingly likely in 2026 but a major event would produce the opposite result
An interest rate hike on Tuesday is a practical impossibility. But if a growing number of forecasters are…
Stock Market Rebounds After Powell’s Dovish Comments on the Labor Market
Stocks seemed to be in for a rough trading session on Tuesday. Then Jerome Powell saved the day.…
Will the Reserve Bank cut interest rates today? Only if hell freezes over
Anxiously anticipating the Reserve Bank’s rates decision at 2:30pm eastern time? Don’t waste your energy. There’s about as…
Hong Kong’s Paul Chan banks on better market sentiments as retail sector stabilises
Hong Kong’s finance chief has anticipated improving market sentiments after downward trends in the retail, catering and property…
Is a big Bank of Canada rate cut on the way?
BMO’s Sal Guatieri wrote, “Stubborn core inflation sets a high bar for another Bank of Canada rate cut,…