Economy News War, Oil, Bond Market Jitters To Test Markets And Economy Heading Into Holiday Season

Leadership spat sends jitters through bond markets

Jitters coursed through UK bond markets on Wednesday after a leadership crisis engulfing the Labour government triggered a jump in gilt yields, leading investors to warn that more political ... Read More

The Cracks in Russia’s War Economy

To sustain its war against Ukraine, Russia militarized its economy. Although—contrary to popular belief abroad—the Russian economy is not on a full wartime footing, the Kremlin has both splurged on ... Read More

Equities tumble, bond prices dip as hopes fade for Fed rate cut in December

By Sinéad Carew and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Wall Street indexes suffered their biggest one-day decline in a month on Thursday, pushing down MSCI's global equities gauge while U.S. Read More

China’s economy slows as trade war takes its toll

BEIJING >> China’s economic growth slowed to the weakest pace in a year in the third quarter as fragile domestic demand left it heavily reliant on the humming of its exporting factories, stoking ... Read More

Why this government shutdown could be different for the economy

Typically, government shutdowns follow a familiar script: each party blames the other, a resolution is reached in short order and the immediacy of the issue fades in voters’ minds long before the next ... Read More