Former Vice President Joe Biden said he’d choose a woman to be his running mate during Sunday’s Democratic debate with Senator Bernie Sanders. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters …read more […]
Stock markets and the dollar were roiled on Monday after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates in an emergency move and its major peers offered cheap U.S. dollars to break a logjam in global lending markets. …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — Gold jumped after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point to near zero, sending U.S. equity futures tumbling, and pointing to another volatile week as markets brace for more moves from the world’s central banks.Bullion climbed 3%, before paring gains, as the U.S. central bank moved to cushion the economy from the fallout of the coronavirus. Prices fell the most since 1983 last week as investors rushed to raise cash to cover losses in other markets, while a stronger dollar also curbed the metal’s appeal.The Fed announced several other actions, including letting …read more […]
More major retailers said on Sunday they would shut stores in the United States to limit the spread of the coronavirus, including Nike, Under Armour, and Lululemon Athletica, a day after similar moves by several other U.S. retailers.
Stocks were slammed on Monday and the dollar battered after emergency rate cuts in the United States and New Zealand, and a raft of steps by policymakers worldwide failed to stem the rout in markets spooked by the broadening fallout of the coronavirus.
Mar.15 — In response to the growing threat from the coronavirus, the Federal Reserve held an emergency meeting and cuts rates to near zero and is pledging to buy assets of at least $700 billion. Fed Chair Jay Powell held a conference call with reporters. (Excerpts from call with reporters.) …read more […]
The U.S. Federal Reserve and global central banks moved aggressively on Sunday to buttress a world economy unraveling rapidly amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the Fed slashing interest rates to near zero, pledging hundreds of billions of dollars in asset purchases and backstopping foreign authorities with the offer of cheap dollar financing.
Las Vegas giant Wynn Resorts is temporarily shutting down its Vegas properties to battle the coronavirus. …read more […]
Officials in Europe and U.S. took dramatic steps to slow a pandemic that’s killed over 6,000 people and sickened scores of others. …read more […]
Markets are in for another rollercoaster week, as policymakers continue to ramp up their response to the global coronavirus outbreak. …read more […]
The U.S. Federal Reserve and global central banks moved aggressively on Sunday to buttress a world economy unraveling rapidly amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the Fed slashing interest rates to near zero, pledging hundreds of billions of dollars in asset purchases and backstopping foreign authorities with the offer of cheap dollar financing.
It would be costly, but it may be time for President Trump to shut all nonessential businesses in the United States, to wage full-scale war on coronavirus. …read more […]
Oil prices extended losses on Monday, slumping by more than $1 a barrel, as an emergency rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve failed to soothe global financial markets panicked by the rapid spread of the coronavirus and mounting economic disruptions.
Oil prices extended losses on Monday, slumping by more than $1 a barrel, as an emergency rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve failed to soothe global financial markets panicked by the rapid spread of the coronavirus and mounting economic disruptions. U.S. crude was at $30.20, down $1.53 after slipping below $30 earlier in the session, despite U.S. President Trump’s pledge to fill strategic oil reserve at the world’s largest oil consumer “to the top”. The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates on Sunday in its second emergency cut this month, and said it would expand its …read more […]
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