TOKYO — Japan’s economy contracted in July-September, snapping two straight quarters of expansion on soft consumption and exports, complicating the central bank’s efforts to gradually phase out its massive monetary stimulus amid rising inflation. The data suggests stubbornly high inflation ...
SAN FRANCISCO — US President Joseph R. Biden meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in a year on Wednesday, for talks that may ease friction between the adversarial superpowers on military conflicts, drug-trafficking and artificial intelligence. However, ...
The United States regime has picked sides in the Israel-Hamas war and has committed to funding Israel’s ongoing bombing of non-combatant men, women, and children in the Gaza strip. Northern Gaza’s infrastructure is now all but destroyed, with millions of ...
NEW YORK – Several hedge funds expanded their bets on big technology stocks including Amazon, Microsoft and Meta Platforms even as these companies stumbled some during the third quarter after having fueled broad market gains this year, new regulatory filings show. Tiger ...
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE – China’s central bank ramped up liquidity injection but kept the interest rate unchanged when rolling over maturing medium-term policy loans on Wednesday, matching market expectations. Market participants believe that a weakening Chinese yuan has constrained the central bank’s efforts to ...
SYDNEY – State-sponsored cyber groups and hackers have stepped up their assault on Australia’s critical infrastructure, businesses and homes, a government report released on Wednesday showed, with one attack happening every six minutes. Australia has seen a spike in cyber intrusions, prompting ...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s new government will use its controversial digital handout plan to spend its way out of what it calls an economic “crisis” without making any major cutbacks or hitting its credit ratings, a senior government advisor said. Prime Minister Srettha ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Chinese President Xi Jinping began his first visit to the United States in six years on Tuesday, after President Joe Biden said he aimed to restore normal communications with Beijing and his top diplomat stressed the need for freedoms ...
The Economic Modern Family has opened its loving arms to the bulls and to us after our 2 weeks away. Beginning with Granddad Russell 2000 (IWM), Monday began with a gap up over the 50-DMA (blue). We will watch for ...
In this edition of StockCharts TV‘s The Final Bar, guest Pete Carmasino of Chaikin Analytics puts this week’s action into long-term perspective using his charts of bond prices, interest rates, unemployment, and regional banks. Dave highlights three stocks with actionable signals this ...