US President Donald Trump says he would give $5,000 to every American adult if the midterm elections go his way. Turning that promise into reality, however, would face significant hurdles. The proposal could cost more t…
The government has submitted a bill to the State Duma that simplifies the procedure for updating the area of buildings, structures, and the premises within them in the Unified State Register of Real Estate (EGRN). The i…
Report comes two days after former employee quit claiming company’s models could cause human extinction by 2030
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) fails to clear a confluence of key Simple Moving Averages (SMAs) and dives below 0.5800 on Thursday, printing a near two-month low of 0.5797. At the time of writing, NZD/USD is down 0.65% an…
Commerzbank notes USD/MYR has risen to 4.07, marking a fourth consecutive session of Ringgit weakness, weighed by foreign portfolio outflows from Malaysian equities. However, they stress that resilient manufacturing, fi…
According to Reuters sources, the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to further tighten monetary policy in the months ahead and could raise rates in October.
Long-term Treasury yields surged this week as the bond market got nervous about longer-term inflation prospects and edgy about the onslaught of new debt needed to fund the ballooning deficit. Huge amounts of new debt wi…
The British Pound enters 2026 with cautious upside against the US Dollar, but conviction remains limited. Following the Federal Reserve’s December 2025 rate cut to 3.50–3.75%, consensus among major investment banks plac…
The federal bank regulatory agencies today issued an interim final rule increasing the number of community banks eligible for an 18-month exam cycle.
At the turn of the year 2025-26, economic growth surprised on the upside while financial market sentiment remained strong despite high uncertainty. The war in the Middle East is now putting this resilience to the test. …
The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) conducted an investigation of South Jersey Extended Care (SJEC), a for-profit nursing home located in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Covering a five-year period from April 1, 2018, to M…
No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UK
The US Dollar Index (DXY) reclaimed the 99.00 barrier and then some, rebounding firmly as the hot Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 5.4% over the year to August, hardening expectations for a Fed rate hike at next week's m…
OpenAI has failed to reduce the risk of a “catastrophic” loss of control over AI, said Paul Cristiano, a U.S. government advisor on high technology. He issued this warning at a board meeting of the nonprofit OpenAI, of …
Welcome to Michael Kramer's pick of the key market events to look out for in the week beginning Monday 8 June.
Iranian armed forces launched attacks on U.S. military infrastructure in Gulf states on Thursday following U.S. strikes on Iran's southern coastal and eastern provinces, further straining a three-week-old ceasefire. Sep…
Christopher Woolcott has pleaded guilty to 4 counts of fraud and forgery after creating a fake takeover bid for Touchstone Exploration Inc.
Silver (XAG/USD) price erases Wednesday's gains and forms a bearish head-and-shoulders chart pattern on Thursday after the white metal tanks and breaks a support trendline around $64.00-$64.15, exacerbating the decline …
English sparkling winemakers expect their earliest grape harvest and a “vintage year” after a scorching summer quickly ripened grapes.
Gold price retraces by about 0.90% on Thursday as traders price in a hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) following the release of the US Producer Price Index (PPI) for August. The risk-off sentiment in the market is supported…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Oil rallies nearly 5% on Thursday, climbing to its highest level since May 21 as escalating tensions in the Middle East raise fears of further disruption to already tight supplies. At the t…
The price of oil has jumped to $105 a barrel amid signs the conflict in the Middle East will not be resolved quickly, fuelling fears that inflation could accelerate.
Nervous investors across big economies have been dumping government bonds, driving up the cost of borrowing, as surging oil prices amplified fears about rising inflation.
If the Supreme Court rules President Donald Trump's International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs are illegal, U.S. companies would not only be in line to receive tariff refunds, but also billions of dolla…