Economic events
Fed up with endless cookie consent boxes? The UK plans to kill them off
The government says the move will result in far fewer of the “frustrating” boxes appearing online. Andia | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Britain wants an end to the barrage of cookie consent pop-ups. The government says new data reforms will heavily reduce the number of banners that appear on websites asking people to […]
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China’s property troubles have pushed one debt indicator above levels seen in the financial crisis
Fixed asset investment data for the first five months of 2022 showed real estate investment declined at a greater scale than it did during the first four months of the year. Pictured here on May 16 is a development in Huai’an City in Jiangsu province in east China. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images […]
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China’s tech regulation is getting more ‘rational,’ says top executive of JD.com
China’s annual 618 shopping festival sees domestic e-commerce giants including JD.com rack up billions of dollars of sales across their platforms. The 2022 edition comes against a backdrop of slowing economic growth in China and sluggish consumer spending. VCG | Getty Images EMBARGO to lift at 6am Singapore on Friday, June 17 Regulation on China’s […]
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‘No need for any concern’: Germany plays down fears of economic fragmentation in Europe after bond yields soar
German Minister of Finance Christian Lindner said there is no need for concern about the stability of the euro zone. John Thys | Afp | Getty Images LUXEMBOURG — There is no need for markets to be worried about the stability of the euro zone, Germany’s finance minister told CNBC Thursday following a recent surge […]
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China’s multi-billion dollar shopping festival tests e-commerce giants and consumer appetite
China’s “618” shopping festival sees e-commerce giants including JD.com and Alibaba offer huge discounts to shoppers. Billions of dollars worth of sales are racked up across the 618 sales period which usually lasts a couple of weeks. Geng Yuhe | Visual China Group | Getty Images China is in the midst of the “618” shopping […]
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A shallow recession is on the way, strategists warn. Here’s how it could play out
Traders work, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is seen delivering remarks on a screen, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, June 15, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A shallow recession in the U.S. is a “virtual certainty” in the third quarter, according to Destination Wealth Management’s […]
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Stock futures inch higher after Fed raises rates by most since 1994
U.S. stock index futures were modestly higher during overnight trading on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve implemented the largest interest rate hike since 1994. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.22%. S&P 500 futures were up 0.23%, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.29%. The major averages ended Wednesday’s session higher, with […]
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Luxury brands say China’s latest Covid wave has whacked consumer demand
China’s retail sales plunged 11.1% in April from a year ago as Covid controls kept many people at home and malls closed. Pictured here is a luxury store in Shanghai on June 4, 2022, just a few days after the city officially began to reopen. Hugo Hu | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING […]
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Make these money moves before the Fed hikes rates again
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell (left) meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on May 31, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is again poised to raise interest rates in an attempt to slow down the highest inflation in four decades without pushing the U.S. economy […]
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‘Profit recession’ warning as markets wait for aggressive central bank moves
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, June 13, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Global stock markets diverged on Tuesday after a worldwide sell-off in the previous session, as analysts assessed the longevity of the bear market and risk of recession. U.S. stock futures bounced in […]
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