Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September; retail sales gain

Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September; retail sales gain

Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September, indicating a potential cooling in pipeline inflation pressures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The producer price index, a measure of what producers get for final demand goods and services, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% on the month, in line with the Dow Jones consensus … Read more

Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street’s tech recovery after Alphabet leads AI rally

Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street’s tech recovery after Alphabet leads AI rally

SHANGHAI, CHINA – MARCH 01: Skyscrapers stand at the Pudong Lujiazui Financial District on March 1, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Xiao Yang | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday, after Wall Street’s tech stocks rebounded on a rally in Google parent  and hopes of a Fed rate cut. Optimism about Alphabet’s … Read more

European defense stocks slide as U.S., Ukraine make progress on peace plan

European defense stocks slide as U.S., Ukraine make progress on peace plan

A Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicle on Nov. 20, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Yan Dobronosov | Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images European defense stocks fell on Monday as Ukraine and the U.S. made progress on peace proposals over the weekend. The Stoxx Europe Aerospace and Defense index was 0.8% lower at the start of the … Read more

Dow futures rise over 100 points as market attempts rebound into the holiday week: Live updates

Dow futures rise over 100 points as market attempts rebound into the holiday week: Live updates

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures climbed on Monday morning as the market seeks to rebound into the Thanksgiving holiday week after a slide that’s knocked the air out of this year’s AI bull run. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial … Read more

Australia’s Qube Holdings’ shares jump 20% as Macquarie proposes $7.5 billion takeover deal

Australia’s Qube Holdings’ shares jump 20% as Macquarie proposes .5 billion takeover deal

The Macquarie Group Ltd. logo at the company’s headquarters in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Australia’s Qube Holdings announced on Monday that Macquarie Asset Management had submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire the logistics company at an enterprise value of 11.6 billion Australian dollars ($7.49 billion). … Read more

Bessent believes there won’t be a recession in 2026 but says some sectors are challenged

Bessent believes there won’t be a recession in 2026 but says some sectors are challenged

Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, arrives to speak during a site expansion groundbreaking ceremony at the Boeing South Carolina (BSC) manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, US, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Sean Rayford | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday the U.S. was not at risk of entering … Read more

‘Stakes are high.’ With shutdown over, airlines predict record numbers of travelers this Thanksgiving

‘Stakes are high.’ With shutdown over, airlines predict record numbers of travelers this Thanksgiving

A travelers check flight information at LAX as the shutdown passes the one-month mark, leaving essential workers unpaid in Los Angeles, California, on November 5, 2025. Grace Hie Yoon | Anadolu | Getty Images U.S. airlines are predicting another record Thanksgiving holiday travel period and are upbeat now that the travel-snarling government shutdown has ended. … Read more

Fed’s Collins: Still leaning against cutting rates in December amid persistent inflation, labor market risks

Fed’s Collins: Still leaning against cutting rates in December amid persistent inflation, labor market risks

Susan Collins, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins … Read more

One Fed official may have saved market from another rout. Why John Williams’ remarks matter so much

One Fed official may have saved market from another rout. Why John Williams’ remarks matter so much

John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, speaks during an Economic Club of New York (ECNY) event in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. David Dee Delgado | Bloomberg | Getty Images Communication at the Federal Reserve, particularly at the highest levels, rarely happens by … Read more

S&P 500 futures point to more selling as Nvidia falls, bitcoin continues rout: Live updates

S&P 500 futures point to more selling as Nvidia falls, bitcoin continues rout: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 20, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images S&P 500 futures fell on Friday as pressure on Nvidia and other artificial intelligence stocks persisted, as did that on bitcoin, following a massive intraday reversal … Read more