Search Results for: U.S. interest rates
ECB set to hold fire on rates, eyes risks from Ukraine conflict
August 7th, 2014
The European Central Bank is set to hold fire on rates on Thursday as it waits for earlier stimulus measures to gain traction, while keeping an eye on emerging risks from the conflict in Ukraine. The ECB cut interest ...
U.S. Stocks Drop on Ukraine as Sprint, Time Warner Slump
August 6th, 2014
U.S. stocks fell, after equities slipped to a two-month low yesterday, on concern the Ukraine crisis will escalate and as Sprint Corp. and Time Warner Inc. (TWX) tumbled on merger news. Sprint slid 18 percent after a person with ...
Gold Above One-Month Low as U.S. Economy Assessed With Rates
August 4th, 2014
Gold traded above a one-month low after three weeks of losses as investors weighed the health of the U.S. economy against the outlook for higher borrowing costs. Silver climbed from the lowest level in six weeks. Gold for immediate ...
Gold Below $1294 as U.S. Economy advances
July 31st, 2014
Gold retreated for a fourth day to head for a monthly decline as further signs that the U.S. recovery is gaining momentum strengthened the case for higher borrowing costs in the world’s largest economy. Gold for immediate delivery fell ...
U.S. economy advances in second quarter
July 30th, 2014
U.S. economic growth likely regained steam in the second quarter as activity picked up broadly, which would bolster expectations for a stronger performance in the last six months of the year. Gross domestic product likely grew at a 3.0 ...
Aussie Parity With Kiwi Seen as Rates Diverge
July 29th, 2014
Australia’s dollar is set to weaken to parity with its New Zealand peer for the first time, HSBC Holdings Plc predicts, as contrasting economic fortunes force a widening of the gap in interest rates. The top panel of the ...
U.S. companies search for growth overseas
July 28th, 2014
Big U.S. companies are searching for corporate growth overseas for better financial opportunities. Technology trendsetters Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Netflix Inc. all mined foreign countries to produce earnings or revenue that exceeded analysts’ projections in their ...
U.S. Stocks Rise as Apple Rallies With Health-Care Shares
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stocks roes, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index at an all-time high, as Apple Inc. results boosted technology companies and health-care shares rallied amid earnings. Apple surged to the highest since 2012 after signaling the long wait ...
Pace of U.S. home resales rises to eight-month high
July 22nd, 2014
U.S. home resales rose in June to their fastest pace in eight months, a signal that the housing market was pulling out of a slump. The National Association of Realtors said on Tuesday existing home sales increased 2.6 percent ...
U.S. retail sales, manufacturing data point at firming economy
July 15th, 2014
A gauge of U.S. consumer spending rose solidly in June, in the latest sign that the economy ended the second quarter on a firmer footing. That momentum appeared to have carried into the third quarter, with other data on ...
