Rachel Reeves will on Monday lay the ground in Brussels for an “ambitious” new economic partnership with the EU, when she promises to fully honour post-Brexit deals struck by the last Conservative government. Reeves will become the first British chancellor to attend a meeting of European finance ministers since Brexit, reflecting her belief that improving
Month: December 2024
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20664459/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal bond yields fell Friday following U.S. Treasuries’ gains after improved jobs data affirmed the Federal Reserve’s expected December rate cut path, while equities were mixed ahead of the close. “Financial markets are now pricing in a cut at this month’s [Federal Open Market Committee] meeting and two more
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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the New York Times DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin’s meteoric run may have gotten a little extra push from an unlikely source: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Feeling shut out of this hot market? Maybe some FOMO — fear of missing out. You’re not alone. The S & P 500 keeps plowing through record highs in the first week of December after November posted the best monthly gains of the year. All that buying, however, has pushed the market into overbought territory,
Massive fires burning in northern California and Oregon in September blanketed San Francisco with smoke.Bloomberg News Wildfire resilience projects became the first beneficiary of California’s Climate Catalyst Revolving Fund — created as part of a larger package of ESG-related efforts by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019. The state’s Infrastructure and Economic Bank, charged with running
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Aviva, the UK insurance heavyweight, has agreed a £3.6bn takeover deal with Direct Line, after winning over its smaller rival with a sweetened bid. The preliminary deal, announced in a joint statement by the companies
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20648548/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal bonds were little changed in secondary trading as the focus shifted to the primary market amid several large deals while municipal bond mutual fund inflows topped $1 billion. U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities ended in the red. Lipper reported fund inflows of $1.154 billion for the week
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thames Water has received a bid from Covalis Capital that would see France’s Suez flown in to help manage a break-up of the UK’s largest water utility before listing it on the stock market. The
A novelty Bitcoin token arranged in front of the price of the cryptocurrency against the US dollar, reaching over $100,000, in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin‘s long-awaited push above $100,000 comes during the culmination of a year in which the leading cryptocurrency was embraced
Art Cashin speaking at the NYSE on Dec. 30th, 2022. CNBC Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations and a fixture at the New York Stock Exchange for nearly 60 years, died this week at age 83. Cashin was one of the great historians of the stock market, but he was not an academic. His method
In this article MAC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Say hello to life at the mall. The classic American mall is undergoing a dramatic transformation as real estate developers swap out dying department stores for apartments, ushering in an era where living at the mall could soon become a new norm. Some U.S. developers
Michigan state and local elected leaders gathered in Lansing to urge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state Senate to make the local government revenue sharing trust fund a priority. Bloomberg News Legislation to create a revenue sharing trust fund for local governments in Michigan has stalled in the state Senate, and on Tuesday, a group
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bitcoin has surged above $100,000 for the first time, extending a dramatic rally as investors bet on greater political and regulatory support from US president-elect Donald Trump. The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency has
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20627705/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady Wednesday as the market saw another heavy slate of new issuance and inflows continued into muni mutual funds. U.S. Treasuries made gains and equities broke more records. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell in a televised interview Wednesday said “little to alter the market’s view that
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The French parliament on Wednesday voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier over his proposed deficit-cutting budget, plunging the country into deeper political turmoil. A motion of no confidence was approved by 331 votes in
In this article PSTG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Low-angle view of sign with logo on facade of technology company Pure Storage in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. Smith Collection/gado | Getty Images Pure Storage shares rallied after announcing a contract with an unnamed “top four” AI hyperscaler
Prospective buyers attend an open house at a home for sale in Larchmont, New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Potential homebuyers are responding to lower mortgage rates and a higher supply of homes for sale. That fueled mortgage demand last week, as consumers looking to refinance
Plainwell Community Schools was among the Michigan districts to have bond measures fail in November.Plainwell Community Schools Michigan’s Plainwell Community Schools had a $39.8 million bond measure on the ballot Nov. 5, its second attempt this year to secure voter approval for capital projects in the district. The new bond had been downsized from the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol faced mounting calls for his impeachment on Wednesday after his failed attempt to impose martial law triggered the country’s worst constitutional crisis in decades. Opposition lawmakers called on him
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20605532/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were firmer amid a busy new-issue calendar, as U.S. Treasury yields were slightly weaker outside of five years and equities were mixed. Muni yields were bumped one to five basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose up to three basis points out long. The two-year
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has signalled he intends to back down from his threat to impose martial law, hours after triggering a political crisis in the east Asian country. Yoon, a hardline former
Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange and a man The Washington Post called “Wall Street’s version of Walter Cronkite,” has died. He was 83 and had been a regular on CNBC for more than 25 years. In the intensely competitive and often vicious world of stock market commentary,
Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images If you need to get a mortgage to buy a house, make sure your finances are in order — especially your debt-to-income ratio. Your debt-to-income ratio is all your money debt payments divided by your gross monthly income. It’s the “number one way” lenders measure your ability to manage
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott touts a state-funded education savings account program at a parent empowerment day event at the state capitol in March 2023. After the program failed to pass that year, he vowed another push in 2025 and campaigned for pro-voucher legislative candidates.Texas Governor’s Office Texas is gearing up for its 2025 legislative session
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A judge in Delaware rejected Tesla’s attempt to restore Elon Musk’s record $56bn pay package after previously striking it down as a breach of the fiduciary duty of the electric-car maker’s board, dealing a blow
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20585986/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were firmer to kick off December, as U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities were mixed late in the session. Muni yields were bumped one to four basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose up to five basis points on the short end, as of 3
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Nato’s new secretary-general has warned Donald Trump that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is pushed to sign a peace deal on terms that
The city of Chester, on the Pennsylvania side of the Commodore Barry bridge (shown). A battle over the Chester Water Authority continues to rage.AdobeStock The Chester Water Authority traces its origins back to 1868, when it was created as a private entity to provide water to Chester, Pennsylvania’s residents. The Chester Water Service Company, as
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Syrian rebel fighters said they were pressing southward after taking over most of the country’s second city Aleppo, including its international airport, in a lightning assault that poses the biggest challenge in years to Bashar