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Wall Street week ahead: Reports on consumer confidence and inflation on tap
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (214+ words) The latest consumer confidence report from business group The Conference Board will be released Tuesday. Wall Street expects the report to show that confidence in the U.S. economy fell again in August after slipping in July. Consumer confidence has been weak…...
Mortgage rates ease again, but remain higher than this time last year
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (423+ words) The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate eased for the second week in a row, but remains elevated compared with this time last year. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate fell to 6.65% from 6.67% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday....
Treasury's Bessent says upsized bond buybacks could increase further
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (355+ words) By David Lawder and Susan Heavey “We’re going to increase the size of the buyback,” Bessent said in a CNBC interview. “I would note that it could be more than the $4 billion per issue.” The Treasury on Wednesday announced that…...
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com offers EU remedies in Ceconomy takeover probe
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (148+ words) • The filing did not specify the remedies offered. • The European Commission opened a full-scale investigation into the deal in May under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation that targets unfair foreign state aid, citing concerns that JD.com might have received foreign…...
From euphoria to despair, Korea reckons with stock mania's emotional toll
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1065+ words) By Cynthia Kim, Jihoon Lee and Yena Park The 30% decline in the KOSPI benchmark since its June 19 peak has hurt President Lee Jae Myung’s government politically and turned the spotlight on an economic system that drove retail investors into poorly…...
SK Hynix to pay 60% of employee bonuses in company stock under preliminary deal, says source
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (136+ words) The agreement is subject to approval by union members, the person said. SK Hynix declined to comment. Under the scheme, employees would receive shares equivalent to 40% of the total bonus in 2027, while the remaining 20% in stock will be deferred to…...
Treasury's upsized buybacks may complicate Fed's monetary policy work
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (633+ words) By Michael S. Derby and Ann Saphir On Wednesday, the Treasury Department announced that it was doubling the size of its effort to buy back Treasury securities with maturities between 10 and 30 years, to $4 billion per operation. The government announced this as…...
Boston Fed paper says strong productivity blunted tariff inflation impact
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (520+ words) “Industries in which tariffs induced higher costs in 2025 also experienced greater labor productivity growth, which helped them mitigate those higher costs,” bank researchers wrote in a paper released on Wednesday. Altogether, the tariffs, which rose from an average level of…...
China's top drugmaker Hengrui sees profit growth squeezed by bulk-buying programs
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (235+ words) Hengrui said revenue in its generics drug business was down 16.07% year on year to 5.1 billion yuan in the six months through June due to bulk-buying programs, which will result in lower drug prices. It said it had proactively scaled back…...
Explainer-Treasury yields are rising - why does it matter?
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (705+ words) NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) – A sell-off in U.S. government bonds is pushing up borrowing costs, which could squeeze households, companies, financial markets and the federal budget alike. WHY HAVE YIELDS BEEN RISING? Investors point to several forces behind the move,…...