Interest Rates
Asia-Pacific markets set to open lower, tracking Wall Street losses as AI stocks resume slump
View of the central business district skyline at sunset in Beijing, China. Sheng Peng | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Friday, tracking Wall Street declines on persistent concerns over lofty valuations in artificial intelligence stocks. Shares of major AI companies fell Thursday stateside, weighing down on the […]
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Asia-Pacific markets rise, tracking Wall Street gains as AI stocks rebound
Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains after AMD’s third-quarter earnings beat lifted artificial intelligence stocks. Investors in the region are looking to Chinese autonomous vehicle firms WeRide and Pony.ai‘s market debut in Hong Kong later in the day. Both companies are already listed in […]
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Interest rate backdrop supports playing offense with bonds, according to Goldman Sachs former ETF head
Bonds may be more than just a safe haven. BondBloxx ETFs’ Tony Kelly, a former Goldman Sachs Asset Management global ETF head, contends it’s where investors can also play offense due to the market backdrop. “It’s definitely getting more nuanced,” the firm’s co-founder told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “Advisors are being a bit more thoughtful […]
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Mortgage rates jump 20 basis points following Fed cut
An aerial view of homes in a neighborhood on Aug.27, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images While the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate this week, mortgage rates responded by doing just the opposite. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage has jumped 20 basis points since Chairman Jerome […]
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CNBC Daily Open: All about Trump-Xi, Fed cuts and Big Tech earnings
The Google corporate office at The Hub building in Warsaw, Poland on Sept. 16th, 2025. Beata Zawrze | Nurphoto | Getty Images The news cycle barely stopped to breathe today. First, Trump meets Xi. U.S. President Donald Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday, during which he struck a 1-year rare […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Capex is the number to look at amid Big Tech earnings
Signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The news is coming in fast and thick. Strap in. First, interest rates. The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered rates by 25 basis points, as expected by traders. But Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that another […]
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Here are the five key takeaways from the Fed meeting and Powell news conference
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Fed cut interest rates by quarter of a percentage point, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 29, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve meeting that wrapped up Wednesday both delivered on expectations and offered a few surprises. Here are five key takeaways: […]
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There were two Fed dissenters: Miran wanted a bigger cut and Schmid voted for no easing at all
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran speaks with CNBC during the Invest i America Forum on Oct. 15, 2025. Aaron Clamage | CNBC There were two dissenters from the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, in two different directions. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran instead called […]
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Fed cuts rates for the second time this year, will end balance sheet run-off in December
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its second straight interest rate cut, though Chair Jerome Powell rattled markets when he threw doubt on whether another reduction is coming in December. By a 10-2 vote, the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate to a range of 3.75%-4%. In addition to […]
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Mortgage rates drop to the lowest level in over a year, pushing refinancing 111% higher annually
A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted beside property for sale in Alhambra, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Mortgage interest rates dropped for the fourth straight week last week, spurring both current homeowners and potential homebuyers to call their lenders. Total mortgage application volume increased 7.1% compared with the previous week, according […]
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