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Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Decline Amid Mixed China Economic Data: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks fell as mixed economic data in China failed to allay concern about the world’s second largest economy’s ability to the withstand the risks of a trade war. Crude slid and the yen traded near the weakest level since January. [more...]
Bloomberg: Iranian Official Urges Trump Not to Use U.S. Strategic Oil Reserve
A senior Iranian oil official urged U.S. President Donald Trump not to use the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to push prices lower, and instead drop sanctions on Iran’s crude exports. [more...]
Bloomberg: Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
China to release a slew of economic data, the Trump-Putin summit gets underway, and markets assess if the recent rally in stocks can sustain itself. Here are some of the things that people in markets are talking about. [more...]
Bloomberg: Powell to Cross Political Minefield as Trade War Clouds Outlook
Two of the biggest risks to Jerome Powell’s monetary policy -- trade tensions and loose fiscal policy -- are also the stickiest political traps he’ll try to avoid when he appears before lawmakers this week. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.K. House Prices Fall as London Decline Intensifies
U.K. house prices fell for the first time in seven months as sellers adapted to the reality of the weaker market. Asking prices slipped 0.1 percent in July from a month earlier, property website Rightmove said on Monday. In London, prices slipped 0.5 percent, with smaller apartments falling faster than bigger homes. [more...]
Bloomberg: These Are the Hottest U.K. Stocks as Britons Bask in a Heatwave
Britons have enjoyed the longest heatwave in five years, and some U.K. stocks are set for a summer bonanza. As temperatures neared record highs, non-essential spending jumped 5.5 percent during the five weeks to June 23, the biggest year-on-year gain since October 2016, according to analysts at Barclays Plc. [more...]
Bloomberg: Emerging Market Sell-Off Is Only Going to Get Worse, Survey Says
With the Federal Reserve still boosting interest rates and President Donald Trump still raising tariff threats, the bottom for emerging markets remains some way away, market players say. [more...]
Reuters: Asian shares fall on soft China data, trade war fears
Asian shares fell on Monday as new data showed China’s economy slowed slightly in the second quarter, compounded by fears of a full-scale Sino-U.S. trade war looming over markets. [more...]
Reuters: Oil prices ease on potential supply hikes; Trump-Putin eyed
Oil prices fell on Monday as concerns about supply disruptions eased and Libyan ports resumed export activities, while traders eyed potential supply increases by Russia and other oil producers. [more...]
Reuters: Dollar pauses near six-month top ahead of big economic indicators
Major currencies held around recent ranges on Monday thanks to a lull in China-U.S. trade skirmishing and as investors await key data from the world’s two biggest economies to determine whether global growth is running out of puff. [more...]
CNBC: This is the 'biggest bubble in the history of mankind and it's going to burst,' Ron Paul says
Look to the stock market and you’d assume Wall Street was doing just fine. The S&P 500 has come back to March highs, the Dow is back to positive for 2018, and the Nasdaq is at fresh records. [more...]
CNBC: US intelligence report outlines what Putin may want from Trump at Helsinki meeting
Before President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on Monday for their first official dialogue, a U.S. intelligence assessment has outlined for the U.S. president the areas where Moscow and Washington have competing interests, and where they could potentially find middle ground. [more...] |
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