Pedestrians walk along Wall Street, near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Bond traders are bracing for a deluge of data that will solidify expectations for how quickly the Federal Reserve will continue the interest-rate cuts that have driven US Treasuries to the biggest gains since 2020. Most Read from Bloomberg The end of the government shutdown means that agencies will start releasing key reports that were held back since the start of October, including the September employment report on ...

The government shutdown in the US was lifted, but US inflation data had not been published yet, so there was not enough bullish sentiment to continue driving markets higher. Markets were rattled on Thursday as investor sentiment abruptly shifted toward caution, sparking a sharp pullback in many of the year’s strongest stocks and intensifying the ongoing decline in cryptocurrencies. The S&P 500 dropped 1.7%, and the Nasdaq 100, dominated by tech names, fell by 2%. Bitcoin had slid below $97, and the senti ...

European stocks are seen opening mostly lower on Monday as investors await more economic data in the coming days for fresh insights into the U.S. economic and rate outlook. Ahead of the Federal Reserve's next rate decision in December, Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari flagged "resilience" in the U.S. and continued concerns over inflation.Traders now see less than 50 percent odds of a quarter-point rate cut next month, down from about 95 percent a month ago. U.S. stock futures ticked higher as Warren ...

A wave of African central banks is set to cut interest rates at their final meetings of the year as inflation cools — a shift that could revive growth across the continent https://t.co/NaD8bPtd0j ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia pursues a flexible approach to its dual mandate of sustaining employment and reining in inflation, board member Renee Fry-McKibbin wrote in a column in the Australian Financial Review that pushed back at recent commentary https://t.co/g2mm0ygNsq ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit exports and private residential investment plunged. Data released by the government Monday showed that on a quarter-by-quarter basis, Japan’s gross domestic product, the sum value of its goods and services, slipped 0.4%, the first contraction in six quarters. The annualized rate shows what the economy would have done if the same rate were to continue for a year. In the April-June quart ...

Retirees can expect big changes next year -- both good and not-so-good.Next year will bring a slew of changes to the Social Security program, from a new cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to a higher maximum benefit to raised earnings test limits.But not all of the changes are positive, and there's some not-so-good news awaiting retirees in 2026, too. Here's everything retirees need to know about what's ahead with Social Security. Big changes are coming in 2026Let's start with the good news: Your benefit will ...

Hardship withdrawals — which can be taken only for “immediate and heavy financial needs” — have risen in recent years with the rising cost of living. - Getty Images The high cost of living — with escalated price tags on everything from groceries to housing to healthcare – is hurting people’s everyday lives and forcing them to raid their retirement savings, which only inflicts even more financial pain later. As more people turn to their 401(k) accounts for hardship withdrawals, workers are jeopardizing th ...

12 Nov 2025 11:26:30 ET │ 13 pages Ac t i o n | India Economics Inflation at All-Time Low, But Will It Be Enough for RBI to Ease Further? CITI'S TAKE Headline inflation fell to an all-time low of 0.25%YoY in Oct-2025 (vs. revised 1.44% in Sep-2025). This decline was driven by a combination of favorable base effects, subdued food prices, and the impact of GST cuts. Both food and core inflation are at their lowest levels since the start of the CPI series. We think GST rate cuts have weighed down headline infl ...

Stocks face potentially a volatile week, and not just from the earnings that are due from the likes of Nvidia, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's and Target. There's also a bit of unease settling over markets coming from crypto land, where prices for bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies have slumped since they peaked in the past few months, and from the strains in the U.S. economy from tariffs, inflation and slowing job growth. So, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 800 points on Thursday and ...