World Markets
CNBC Daily Open: The U.S. inflation jump scare is not here — at least not yet
A sale sign inside a clothing store in Artesia, California, U.S. on August 7, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Waiting for tariff-induced price increases in the U.S. to show up can feel like watching an M. Night Shyamalan movie. July’s consumer price index came in mostly benign. The headline annual rate […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Will the other shoe drop when it comes to U.S. inflation?
An Aldi grocery store on May 2, 2025, in Washington, DC, U.S. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images Waiting for tariff-induced price increases in the U.S. to show up can feel like watching an M. Night Shyamalan movie. July’s consumer price index came in mostly benign. The headline annual rate of 2.7% […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Investors seem conditioned to expect Trump reversals
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference to discuss crime in Washington, DC, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The heaviest of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs — a full 145% on imports of […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set for mixed open ahead of RBA rate decision, key U.S. inflation data
U.S. futures mostly move up in early Asia hours Here are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore. The U.S.-China trade truce extension overnight has allowed the world’s largest economies more room to negotiate a deal. Investors, meanwhile, await the Australian central bank’s rate decision. The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Chipping away at semiconductor revenues
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House during an event on “Investing in America” on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images U.S. markets continue to ride the artificial intelligence wave, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closing at […]
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Global stock markets appear numb to Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs. Here’s why
Global markets have largely been indifferent to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs, a sharp departure from the steep selloff triggered by his April 2 announcement of “reciprocal” duties, as investors grow increasingly numb to what they see as a negotiating tactic. In recent days, the U.S. rolled out new tariffs of 10% to 15% […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Of markets, tariffs and TACO
Stock market information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Markets have still got that loving feeling despite U.S. tariffs coming into effect. On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs hit dozens of countries, with those not named in the list subject to […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Tariffs have come — but ‘TACO trade’ seems to be still on
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 05, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Markets have still got that loving feeling despite U.S. tariffs coming into effect. On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs hit dozens of […]
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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as two key Wall Street benchmarks fall
Asia-Pacific markets start the day mixed Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Friday. As of 8:12 a.m. Singapore time (8:12 p.m. ET Thursday), Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark rose 1.18% while the broader Topix index added 0.87%. In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 0.13% while the small-cap Kosdaq increased by 0.65%. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark was down […]
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Private equity investors want their money back — but it’s tied up in ‘zombie funds’
Private equity firms are struggling to sell the companies they own — and that’s locking investors’ money in aging funds with no clear exit in sight. After years of booming deal activity following the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, the PE industry is now in a holding pattern. Managers are sitting on a growing number […]
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