It’s been a bumpy week for stocks. The market came under pressure at the start of the week as investors worried that the elevated wage pressure seen in the November jobs report could push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates higher than scheduled for next year to fight inflation. After a brief midweek respite, …
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Hong Kong movers: Real estate and tech stocks rise as optimism reopens CNBC Pro: Wall Street says a recession is coming. An investment pro names her favorite stocks to resist Wall Street pros are increasingly sounding the alarm about an impending recession. As economic growth slows and inflation stays high for longer, how should investors …
China’s National Health Commission issues guidelines for treating Covid at home Chinese health authorities announced guidelines on Thursday to treat Covid patients at home, a day after formalizing a policy that allows most infected people to self-quarantine at home, as part of easing measures in the country. The notice on the National Health Commission website …
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Hong Kong plans to scrap outdoor mask rules: report Fitch expects house prices in Australia and China to fall in 2023 Fitch Ratings expects house prices in Australia to fall significantly by 7% to 10% next year, it said in its latest outlook report. The agency also predicts that house prices in China will fall …
TSMC shares rise after Apple says it will use US-made chips from the Taiwanese company China expects further drop in exports and imports China’s trade data for November is expected to show a further decline in both exports and imports, according to a Reuters poll of economists. Exports are expected to fall 3.5% in November …
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The market is so obsessed with technology that it cannot see the forest through the industrialists. If the talk isn’t about the cloud slowdown, it’s about who is stepping down from the now-private Twitter, or how disappointing it is that co-CEO Bret Taylor has left Salesforce (CRM). Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms (META) might sneeze …
China’s services activity index at lowest in six months, private survey finds The Caixin/S&P Global services Purchasing Managers’ Index for November came in at 46.7, representing the lowest reading in six months. The print also marks the third consecutive month of contraction in output and new work, after October’s reading came in at 48.4, while …
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A 17% rise in the S&P 500 after another bear market low in a market steeped in stagflation panic? Was there. Such a rally rushing towards the index’s 200-day average alongside falling bond yields, the volatility index dropping below 20 and hope that the Federal Reserve would soon ease its tightening? It is done. All …
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A ‘Help Wanted’ sign is displayed in a store window in Manhattan on December 02, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images As for the jobs reports, the November ones weren’t exactly what the Federal Reserve was looking for. A higher-than-expected payrolls number and a hot payroll reading that was double what …
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Singapore and New York are ranked among the most expensive cities to live: EIU Singapore and New York have been ranked as the most expensive cities to live in this year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). EIU’s survey showed that the average price of goods in 172 major cities around the world rose …
