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TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Pedestrians and shoppers walk through the Akihabara area on July 27, 2023 in…
Tokyo Inflation Cools More Than Expected, Weakening Yen
Tokyo’s inflation cooled more than expected as pressures from food and energy prices faded, triggering yen weakness on…
Silver Hits Record High on Rate-Cut Bets and Geopolitical Strife
Silver rose to a record and gold edged higher on heightened geopolitical tensions and expectations for more Federal…
Queensland now third least-affordable state as even remote property prices rise
Kate and Brendan Ballini thought they were getting ahead when they bought a family home in Queensland’s Darling…
Oil slips below $60 on Ukraine hopes, stocks retreat ahead US data
Oil prices slipped below the $60 level on Tuesday on renewed hopes for an end to the Russia-Ukraine…
What Australia can learn from the great Kiwi interest rate hike experiment
The rate-cutting cycle is over. That’s the considered view of the bulk of the nation’s economists and most…
Hassett Says Trump Can Offer Fed Advice But Won’t Set Its Action
National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett said he’d consider President Donald Trump’s policy opinions if picked to lead…
Deutsche Bank, Goldman See Fed Cuts Rekindling Dollar’s Slide
Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other Wall Street banks are forecasting that the US dollar…
Fed’s Goolsbee says he’s uncomfortable front-loading too many rate cuts
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Friday explained why he voted against this week’s interest rate cut,…
Dollar staggers to third straight weekly drop as investors ponder Fed outlook
The U.S. dollar headed for its third straight weekly drop on Friday, hurt by the prospect of rate…
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 0.25%, Powell warns there’s ‘no risk-free path’
At the Fed’s press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged that many consumers are struggling with higher inflation.…
Australia’s unemployment rate remains at 4.3 per cent, but underemployment surges
Australia’s unemployment rate held steady in November at 4.3 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms. But the underemployment…