Economic Measures
Inflation
LONDON, Aug 17- Global stocks fell on Thursday as investors trimmed their exposure to riskier assets after central bank minutes revealed a wary take on the economic outlook from ratesetters on both sides of the Atlantic. The European Central Bank expressed caution about removing monetary stimulus too soon following a recent bounce in the euro, the record of...
*Commodities higher on expectation of China curbing supply. LONDON, Aug 17- European stocks and bond yields fell in early trade on Thursday after the Federal Reserve expressed concern over weak U.S. inflation, a trend which has clouded the outlook for the world's largest economy. Germany's DAX, France's CAC 40 and the UK's FTSE 100 all fell 0.1 percent.
Aug 16- The U.S. central bank is roughly at the mid-point on its current path to normalize interest rates as the economy has shown further improvement even without fiscal stimulus, San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams told CNN television. The Fed has raised key overnight borrowing costs four times since December 2015, while unemployment...
Raphael Bostic, Atlanta Federal Reserve president & CEO, and Thomas Fanning, Southern Company CEO, talk about business expectations and what it will take to propel growth. I want to see an environment where businesses can make profits and serve the consumer, says Bostic.
Raphael Bostic, Atlanta Federal Reserve president & CEO, shares insight to the health of the U.S. economy and explains why housing is an important component of economic growth. And Tom Fanning, Southern Company CEO, weighs in.
LONDON, Aug 16- The Czech crown and Polish zloty jumped on Wednesday after strong economic growth data smashed forecasts, while emerging market stocks rose to a one-week high as tensions between North Korea and the United States eased. Central Europe's biggest market, Poland, delivered 3.9 percent growth, beating forecasts and lifting the zloty 0.4 percent and...
WASHINGTON, Aug 15- U.S. retail sales recorded their biggest increase in seven months in July as consumers boosted purchases of motor vehicles and raised discretionary spending, suggesting the economy continued to gain momentum early in the third quarter. Tuesday's upbeat report from the Commerce Department likely keeps the Federal Reserve on course to...
Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth, discusses the U.K.'s latest inflation data.
Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth, speaks about the U.K. economy amid Brexit talks.
The Philippines' peso has tumbled to fresh 11-year lows, but the country's policy makers said that heralded good tidings.
NEW YORK— Below is the text of an interview The Associated Press conducted Monday with William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York:. Q: I guess if we could just start with kind of your outlook for the economy, in particular the idea that at the beginning of the year, some economists were boosting their forecast, just because they felt that...
We need to make work friendlier for women and change our immigration policy, says Alan Krueger of Princeton University, talking about increasing the U.S. workforce.
Japan's economy grew better than expected in the second quarter, but a lack of wage growth and labor shortages are likely to cause problems.
Thanos Vamvakidis, global head of G10 FX strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, speaks about how North Korea tension is impacting the safe haven Japanese yen.
LONDON, Aug 14- The dollar edged lower against a trade-weighted basket of currencies on Monday after posting its biggest weekly drop in three weeks as expectations of U.S. rate increases dwindled further after weak inflation data. With Japanese second-quarter growth expanding 1 percent quarter-on-quarter, fueled by rising consumption and capital...
Rising interest rates won't necessarily increase arrears as wages would likely also rise, says Mike Hirst, managing director of Bendigo & Adelaide Bank.
*China July activity indicators all grow less than expected. *Industrial output +6.4 pct vs poll +7.2 pct. BEIJING, Aug 14- China's factory output slowed more than expected in July while investment and retail sales also disappointed, reinforcing views that the world's second-largest economy is starting to lose some steam as lending costs rise and the property...
Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank talks about how political uncertainty and yen strength could weigh on the Japanese economy.
Frank Troise, SoHo Capital, and Steve Brice, Standard Chartered Private Bank, weigh in on the effect of Abenomics and a stronger yen on the Japanese economy.
Discussing the current state of the markets with Tony DeSpirito, BlackRock; Kenny Polcari, O’Neil Securities; and CNBC’s Rick Santelli.
