Stocks Swoon as Trade Jitters Spur Rush to Bonds: Markets Wrap
Flaring trade tensions between the US and China sent shockwaves across markets Friday, hammering stocks, oil and crypto while spurring…
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Trump Call for Fannie, Freddie to Spur Building Is ‘A Mystery’
President Donald Trump’s recent social media post calling for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to boost homebuilding is…
Thailand Deploys $1.4 Billion Stimulus to Spur Consumption
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s government has green-lit a $1.36 billion consumption stimulus program to boost a weakening economy and its…
Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption
Databricks said on Thursday that it is incorporating OpenAI’s models, including GPT-5, into its data platform as well as its…
Kosters Predicts Rate Cut Will Spur Private Credit Fund Sales
The Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut Wednesday and macroeconomic uncertainty could trigger selling by investors in private credit funds who…
Hong Kong Housing Woes Spur $1.3 Billion Shimao Loan Rollover
A HK$10 billion ($1.3 billion) loan tied to a luxury Hong Kong apartment complex has turned into a months-long saga,…
Indonesia’s New Finance Chief Aims to Spur Growth, Ease Unrest
When Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa got a call summoning him to Indonesia’s presidential palace, he immediately thought it was a prank.…
Greek Premier Offers €1.6 Billion Tax Cuts to Spur Middle Class
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a radical €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) reform of the country’s income tax system, aimed…
A weak August jobs report will tee up the Fed to reduce interest rates. A poor one may spur even more cuts.
Is the August jobs report the biggest in years? Probably not, but another tepid increase in hiring is sure to…
Could a Rate Cut, Inflation Spur Fund Buying in Wheat, Soybeans, and Corn?
I joined Michelle Rook on AgWeb’s Markets Now to break down the latest trends in the wheat, soybean, corn markets,…