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Germany in recession as per Bundesbank forecast

The Bundesbank suggests that Germany may be entering a recession, signaling potential economic challenges ahead.

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Europe's largest economy, struggling to pull itself out of recession, hit with rail strikes and farmers' protests to start 2024

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is slipping in polls, while a surging far-right party is backing the protesting farmers, who are losing some of their precious subsidies.

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Dollar Falls on Dovish Fed Comments and Euro Strength

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday fell by -0.34% and posted a 3-1/2 month low. The dollar Tuesday was under pressure on dovish comments from Fed Governor Waller, who said that Fed policy is well-positioned, signaling he favors a continued pause to Fed rate hikes. Also, hawkish ECB comments...

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Stocks Climb on Dovish Fed Speak

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.33%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.24%. Stocks this morning are moderately higher, with the Dow...

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Markets Today: Stock Index Futures Slip on Weakness in European Stocks

Morning Markets December E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESZ2 3) are down -0.17%, and Dec Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ2 3) are down -0.20%. Stock index futures this morning are under pressure on negative carryover from a decline in the Euro Stoxx 50 to a 1-week low. European stocks fell back...

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Why Germany’s economic miracle is facing a new reality

In 1923, the country was rocked with hyperinflation, now the retreat from globalisation is exposing the fragility of its industrial model

The Guardian - UK

Dollar Slightly Lower as Stocks Move Higher

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.10% as mostly higher equity prices Monday curbed liquidity demand for the dollar. However, losses in the dollar were limited after the 10-year T-note yield climbed to a nearly 16-year high, strengthening the dollar’s interest rate differentials. Also, weakness in the...

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Crude Prices Relinquish Early Gains on Chinese Economic Concerns

September WTI crude oil (CLU23 ) on Monday closed -0.53 (-0.65%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU23 ) closed down -4.06 (-1.79%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Monday gave up an early advance and closed moderately lower, with gasoline falling to a 1-1/2 week low. Economic malaise in China, the world’s...

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Tight Global Supplies Underpin Crude Prices

September WTI crude oil (CLU23 ) this morning is up +0.46 (+0.57%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU23 ) is down -4.60 (-1.63%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are mixed, with gasoline falling to a 1-1/2 week low. Concerns about tight global supplies are underpinning crude prices. However, economic...

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Stocks Mixed as Bond Yields Climb

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.46%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.65%. Stocks this morning are mixed. An increase in M&A...

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Dollar Follows Bond Yields Lower as U.S. Price Pressures Ease

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday fell by -0.14%. The dollar Friday fell back from a 2-1/2 week high posted on overnight trade and retreated after weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation news knocked T-note yields lower. Also, strength in the yen weighed on the dollar after the yen climbed to a 1-1/2...

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Stocks Gain as Bond Yields Fall on Signs of Cooling Inflation

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.85%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.53%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.52%. Stocks this morning are moderately higher after key measures...

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Dollar Erases Early Gains as the Euro Rebounds on Hawkish ECB Comments

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday fell by -0.09%. The dollar Monday gave up an early advance and posted modest losses after hawkish comments from ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank President Nagel pushed the euro higher. Lower T-note yields Monday also weighed on the dollar. The dollar Monday initially...

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Stocks See Support from Yellen Comments

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.14%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.08%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.33%. Stocks this morning shook off early losses and are...

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Germany's central bank says the economy apparently returned to growth in the 2nd quarter

Germany's central bank says the country's economy appears to have returned to slight growth in the April-June period after shrinking for two consecutive quarters

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Dollar Moves Higher with T-note Yields

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday rose +0.08%. The dollar rose slightly on the view the Fed will keep raising interest rates with the odds at 86% for a +25 bp rate hike at the next FOMC meeting on July 25-26. The dollar fell back from its best levels Monday...

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Dollar Gains on Liquidity Demand as Stocks Slump

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Wednesday rose by +0.35% and posted a 2-month high. Hawkish comments Wednesday from Fed Governor Waller were supportive of the dollar when he said he “does not support stopping rate hikes unless we get clear evidence that inflation is moving down towards our 2%...

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Stocks Fall with U.S. Debt Ceiling Talks at an Impasse

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.90%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.74%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.08%. U.S. stocks this morning are moderately lower, with the...

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Markets Today: Stocks Decline as U.S. Debt Limit Talks Stall

Morning Markets June E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are down -0.43%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are down -0.51%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moderately lower as U.S. debt ceiling talks stall. Republican negotiators said the White House is showing little urgency...

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Markets Today: Signs of Progress in Debt Ceiling Talks Boost Stocks

Morning Markets June E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are up +0.28%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are up +0.12%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moderately higher. Signs of progress on a deal to raise the debt ceiling are lifting stock index futures...

The Guardian - UK

Tesco store workers get 7% pay increase; UK property asking prices stagnating – as it happened

Supermarket chain lifts hourly pay rates again, while UK property asking prices rose by £14 in February

Newsroom.co.nz

Taxing banks' excessive profits – be careful what you wish for

Hard-working New Zealanders will suffer the consequences of bank windfall taxes: higher interest rates, monetary policies frustrated, and a weaker financial system.

Evening Standard

Thousands of Londoners face £10k mortgage blow as interest rates soar

Bank of England independence was no one’s first choice. Margaret Thatcher never did it, John Major preferred to devolve power to the German Bundesbank than grant it to Threadneedle Street. Because the power to set interest rates is an awesome one.

The Conversation

Why Black Wednesday still matters – it was the start of markets telling politicians what to do

I spent Black Wednesday – the day the markets successfully bet against the power of the British government to prop up the pound sterling – on the 28th floor of Dresdner Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. I had just been hired as an exchange-student intern in the back office for currency…

The Guardian - UK

Market slide as US inflation hits 8.6%; UK families cut back on food – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as US consumer prices rise at their fastest pace since 1981

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