Dow climbs 260 points as stocks aim to start May with positive tone

However, fears of a sustained rise in inflation and concerns that much of the economy’s rebound has been ... On Friday, the Dow posted a weekly decline of 0.5%, but notched a 2.4% gain in ... Read More

S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) Q1 2021 Earnings Call Transcript

Q1 2021 Earnings CallApr 29, 2021, 8:30 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood morning. Welcome to S&P Global's First Quarter 2021 ... Read More

U.S. stock futures slip despite improving jobless benefit claims data

U.S. stock-index futures were modestly ... The bottom line is this market remains resilient and it’s going to take materially negative news on the timing of the economic recovery or Fed tapering ... Read More

The Election And The Economy

The U.S. consumer price index rose 2.6% in March over last year vs. 2.5% expected, in biggest jump since 2018 ... Read More

Global stocks trade mixed as investors focus on economic recovery, despite mounting concerns about new COVID-19 variants

Global stocks were mostly up on Monday, as investor expectations focused on the global vaccine rollout aiding economic recovery ... Jim Reid said. "The Dow Jones is still expected to start ... Read More

Crude oil futures surge 1.65% to Rs 4,507/barrel; Brent trades near $64

Crude oil remains range-bound as support from optimism about the US and global economy ... increased 71.66 points, or 1.44 percent, at 5,054.88 at 16:18 hours. In the futures market, crude ... Read More

Oil Holds Near $59 as Fed’s Powell Points to Economic Growth

while cautioning that Covid-19 still remains a threat. Futures in New York were little changed after dropping 3.5% last week. The economy is at “inflection point” with stronger growth and ... Read More

Central Banks to Pour Money Into Economy Despite Sharp Rebound

Brazil, Russia, Nigeria likely to hike, Turkey seen cutting The aggressive rebound in global economic growth still isn’t enough for most of the world’s central banks to pull back on their emergency ... Read More

Virus Surge, China Are Muddying the Bullish Asia Stock Story

Having started the year best-placed to benefit from a reopening of the global economy ... Asia’s Stay-At-Home Trade Lags Despite Virus Surge: Taking Stock Dreams of a Nikkei Record Still ... Read More

Is the Aussie economy about to hit a brick wall?

The big question now is ‘will this good news continue ... on the momentum for the Australian economy particularly as economic policy is tightened and population growth via immigration remains at its ... Read More

BOJ's Kuroda warns of lingering pandemic pain for economy

Japan's economy has emerged from last year's slump caused by the pandemic on support from exports. But slow vaccine rollouts and the renewed surge in COVID-19 cases cloud the outlook for consumption. Read More

Canada's economy grows for tenth straight month

Canada's economy grew ... A preliminary estimate points to a 0.9 per cent increase in March. That brings first-quarter GDP to 1.6 per cent and paves the way for the Bank of Canada to reduce stimulus. ... Read More