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5/18/2024
16 : 14
Pricing in a soft landing
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg There was a collective sigh of relief from central bankers, Wall Street and regular folk this week when a measure of underlying US inflation cooled
5/17/2024
23 : 4
Still in the woods
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Xi Jinping's government announced its most forceful attempt yet to rescue the beleaguered Chinese property market, relaxing mortgage rules and
5/17/2024
12 : 55
A fresh record for stocks
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Wall Street traders sent stocks to all-time highs as bond yields slumped after an inflation slowdown reinforced bets the Federal Reserve will cut
5/17/2024
12 : 42
Pillar to post
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The ceaseless drumbeat of economic data that's pushed rate-cut prognosticators from pillar to post and back again is sounding a favorable note
5/14/2024
23 : 14
Biden brings the tariffs
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg US President Joe Biden unveiled sweeping tariff hikes on a range of Chinese imports, a move he cast as necessary to protect American workers and
5/13/2024
22 : 54
‘Total disaster’
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Michael Cohen, the star witness in Donald Trump's hush money-fraud case, finally took the witness stand Monday in New York state court in
5/11/2024
11 : 44
Two-track economy
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg Inflation has monopolized much of the conversation in the global post-pandemic recovery, but there's another talking point: debt. And it's
5/10/2024
22 : 4
A very risky market
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg A high-stakes trade in the riskiest corner of a $1.3 trillion credit market is enticing the most conservative investors, raising concerns that—in
5/9/2024
22 : 34
New ways to cash out
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg As the market for initial public offerings bounces back after two lifeless years, investors who've been waiting to cash in (or out) are finally
5/8/2024
22 : 44
The big money shift
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Funds are starting to shift their holdings in the $6 trillion US money market ahead of new rules that will likely boost demand for government
5/7/2024
22 : 54
TikTok fires back
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg TikTok sued the US government over a new law that will force its Chinese parent ByteDance to divest the popular video app or face a ban across the
5/6/2024
22 : 54
Wait for it
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Wait for it. That's the message from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin, who said he expects high interest rates to
5/4/2024
11 : 44
‘Forever war’
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg College and university administrators around the US called the police on protestors this week, looking to tear down encampments and, in the case of
5/3/2024
21 : 54
Too much data
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Wall Street traders trying to front run the Federal Reserve should be happy this week is finally over. Having pulled money out of credit and crypto
5/2/2024
22 : 44
The $26 billion bid
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Sony Group and Apollo Global Management are said to have made a $26 billion proposal to buy Paramount Global, the owner of CBS and MTV. The offer
5/1/2024
22 : 4
US-Saudi pact
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US and Saudi Arabia are said to be nearing a historic pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees and lay out a possible pathway to
4/30/2024
22 : 24
Only the Fed can complain
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg More bad news for Fed Chair Jerome Powell. A broad gauge of US labor costs closely watched by the central bank accelerated in the first quarter.
4/29/2024
22 : 4
Bosses get upper hand
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The dynamism that's been giving the US labor market some of its edge may be slowing down. The number of people who go directly from one job to
4/27/2024
11 : 44
Inflation comes full circle
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg Wait long enough and most economic conversations come full circle. The chatter on Wall Street is no longer about a soft landing but instead how
4/26/2024
21 : 24
AI’s big winner
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Nvidia shares rallied back from last week's selloff as some of the chip giant's biggest clients doubled down on artificial intelligence. The