Real Estate Buying activity by companies fell in line with the decline in overall home sales amid higher borrowing costs Source link Source link
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India’s benchmark indices closed near two-week lows and the rupee weakened 0.2 per cent against the US dollar on Monday as rising Covid cases in China and talk of persistent rate hikes by US Federal Reserve officials unnerved the markets. This is a sharp reversal of sentiment from a week ago when […]
Read MoreFor almost a decade, the small, gas-rich country of Qatar has been one giant construction site. In preparation to host the FIFA World Cup this November, it’s built seven stadiums, new roads and dozens of hotels. Between the emissions generated by the new construction plus air travel to transport players and fans, the 2022 […]
Read MoreLife Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has gained almost 4.5 percentage points market share in the current financial year (2022-23, or FY23) in new business premium (NBP) from private players, mainly on account of robust growth in its group business segment. According to the latest data released by the insurance regulator – […]
Read MoreThere are half a million fewer workers in their early 20s working or actively seeking a job now versus before the pandemic, and economists want to know why. Source link Source link
Read MoreWSJ News Exclusive Financial Regulation Federal Reserve and Treasury Department have been on alert about the stability of the $24 trillion market Source link Source link
Read MoreAmazon.com Inc. is the world’s first public company to lose a trillion dollars in market value as a combination of rising inflation, tightening monetary policies and disappointing earnings updates triggered a historic selloff in the stock this year. Shares in the e-commerce and cloud company fell 4.3% on Wednesday, pushing its market […]
Read MoreThe benchmark 10-year government-security yield remained stuck in 8-7.5 percent range through all of 2015 and half of 2016, moving lower to sub-7 percent only when the RBI promised in April to reduce the system’s liquidity deficit. The yield may now fall more. Source link Source link
Read MoreAlmost every day, someone who is quietly hunting for a key hire calls Diane Hessan to ask the same question: Whom do you recommend? Ms. Hessan, a former consulting group CEO who sits on the boards of Panera Bread, Eastern Bank and Tufts University, is one of the best-connected business figures in Boston—and something like […]
Read MoreHybrid and passive funds gained a lot of traction during the past two years owing to their advantages, vis-a-vis active equity schemes. However, they are yet to emerge as a competition to active equity funds when it comes to systematic investing. An analysis of systematic investment plan (SIP) data shows that over […]
Read MoreDomestic markets are likely to open lower in Thursday’s trade after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to 75 basis points (bps) by fourth consecutive time, taking the benchmark lending rate to 3.75-4 per cent. At 8:15 am, the SGX Nifty quoted at 17,991 levels, down 91-odd points. Globally, the US markets plunged into […]
Read MoreEmployers’ total job openings rose 437,000 to a seasonally adjusted 10.7 million in September from an upwardly revised 10.3 million openings the prior month, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Source link Source link
Read MoreIndian equity markets are likely to start Tuesday’s trade on a positive note, supported by steady foreign flows, drop in crude oil prices, and hopes of softened rate hike cycle. At 8:00 am, the SGX Nifty quoted at 18,181 levels, indicating an upside of 120 points. Globally, weak big tech earnings weighed on the US […]
Read MoreFederal Reserve officials worry that rising wages will lock the economy into a high-inflation regime. The question facing policy makers is how much of a risk of that happening there actually is. Fed policy makers seem all but certain to raise their target range on overnight rates by three-quarters of a percentage point when they […]
Read MoreMonday The European Union’s statistics agency releases third-quarter gross-domestic product information and the October consumer-price index. The 19-nation eurozone faces an uncertain outlook from the war in Ukraine and is struggling with high inflation. Tuesday The Labor Department releases September figures on job openings, hires, quits and layoffs. Job openings fell 10% in August to […]
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