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Silicon Valley Bank collapse hits startups as far away as China
Silicon Valley Bank has a 50% stake in its joint venture with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images The Silicon Valley Bank fallout has ripple effects ...
IMF hikes global growth forecast as inflation cools
The IMF has revised its global economic outlook upwards. Norberto Duarte | Afp | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund on Monday revised upward its global growth projections for the year, but w...
JPMorgan’s Kolanovic sees correction, hard landing
JPMorgan’s Marko Kolanovic is abstaining from the early 2023 rally. Instead, the Institutional Investor hall-of-famer is bracing for a 10% or more correction in the first half of this year, tell...
Asia-Pacific’s benchmark index enters a bull market, thanks to China’s reopening
The Chinese and Hong Kong flags flutter outside the Exchange Square complex in Hong Kong on Feb. 16, 2021. Zhang Wei | China News Service via Getty Images Asia-Pacific’s leading index entered a ...
Facing climate change, Asia farmers turn to risky microfinance loans
The “microfinance” industry — long touted as a way to help poor, rural communities in developing countries — is pushing tens of thousands of farming families into debt traps as they attemp...
Fed hikes and a stronger dollar are fueling risks of political instability in Africa
ACCRA, GHANA – NOVEMBER 05: Ghanaians march during the ‘Ku Me Preko’ demonstration on November 5, 2022, in Accra, Ghana. People took to the streets of Ghana’s capital to protes...
Economies boom with Russian wealth, migration
Russians cross the border between Russia and Georgia days after President Vladimir Putin announced a mobilization drive on September 21. Daro Sulakauri | Getty Images News | Getty Images As many econo...
What a long-term weak pound means for the U.K. economy
A British one pound coin sits in this arranged photograph in London, U.K. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The British pound‘s exchange rate against the U.S. dollar has been on a ro...
China’s central bank PBOC warns against yuan speculation
The Chinese yuan weakened past the closely-watched 7.2 level against the greenback this week. Getty Images BEIJING — The People’s Bank of China has warned against betting on the yuan, after its ...
Liz Truss pursues ‘trickle-down economics’ despite scorn from Biden
British Prime Minister Liz Truss and U.S. President Joe Biden formally met for the first time at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, following clashes in economic policy between the ...
Why China’s central bank is shoring up the yuan
The Chinese yuan has tumbled to two-year lows against the U.S. dollar in the last few weeks. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s central bank has sent a strong signal it w...
Market jump after Fed hike is ‘trap,’ Morgan Stanley warns investors
Morgan Stanley is urging investors to resist putting their money to work in stocks despite the market’s post-Fed-decision jump. Mike Wilson, the firm’s chief U.S. equity strategist and chi...
Why the 2022 ‘crypto winter’ is unlike previous bear markets
There’s something about the latest crypto crash that makes it different from previous downturns. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images The two words on every crypto investor’s lips right n...
Charts suggest the euro could see a ‘swift rally’ and lift the market with it, says Jim Cramer
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said that the euro could rise in value in the near future, relying on analysis from DeCarley Trading technician Carley Garner. “The charts, as interpreted by...
Why another stablecoin losing its peg isn’t ‘Terra 2.0’
Cryptocurrencies have been under immense pressure after the collapse of a so-called stablecoin called terraUSD. Umit Turhan Coskun | Nurphoto via Getty Images A controversial stablecoin launched just ...
Foreign exchange pushed Salesforce to lower revenue guidance
Salesforce co-founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday that the rising value of the dollar played a part in the software company lowering revenue guidance in its latest ...
UK plans new safeguards for stablecoins after Terra collapse
The world’s biggest stablecoin, tether, saw more than $10 billion in redemptions in May, fueling fears of a 2008-style “bank run.” Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images Britain wants ...
Tether (USDT) stablecoin withdrawals top $10 billion
Tether claims its dollar-pegged token is “fully backed.” Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Investors have yanked more than $10 billion out of tether in the past two weeks amid heightened ...
Tether (USDT) redemptions fuel fears about stablecoin’s backing
Tether has faced repeated calls for a full audit of its reserves. Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images Investors have withdrawn more than $7 billion from tether since it briefly dropped from its dolla...
Regulators anxious about stablecoins like tether after UST collapse
The entire stablecoin market is now worth more than $160 billion. Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images Regulators are getting increasingly worried about stablecoins after the collapse of controversial...
Tether (USDT) stablecoin regains peg after $3 billion in withdrawals
Tether has long faced questions over whether it has enough assets to justify its peg to the dollar. Tiffany Hagler | Bloomberg via Getty Images Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, regained i...
Tether (USDT) stablecoin drops below $1 peg
Crypto firm Tether has been reducing the amount of commercial paper in its reserves. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, broke below its $1 peg Thurs...
What is terraUSD (UST) and how does it affect bitcoin?
Pedestrians walk past a display of cryptocurrency Bitcoin on February 15, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan | Getty Images A multibillion-dollar bet that bitcoin can act as a “reserve curre...
Central bank tries to slow weakening yuan vs US dollar
The Chinese yuan has weakened sharply against the U.S. dollar in the last several weeks as the greenback strengthens and investors worry about China’s economic growth. Fotoholica Press | Lightro...
Predictions from Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, Citi, SocGen
As French voters head to the polls Sunday, Wall Street is forecasting market upset if far-right candidate Marine Le Pen proves victorious. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images French voters head to t...
Trading the winners and losers from the dollar at two-year highs
Wall Street may be underestimating the dollar’s jump to two year highs. “With each passing day the dollar goes higher. That creates more of a headwind for the multinationals in the market ...
UK to mint its own NFT and push forward with crypto regulation
In this photo illustration a novelty Bitcoin token is photographed on £10 notes. Matt Cardy | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. government on Monday announced plans to mint its own non-fungible token, as...
Ryanair CEO says greater Western oil production ‘hits Russia hardest’
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary delivers remarks during a press conference in Lux Lisboa Park Hotel. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images The chief executive of budget airline Ryana...
The case for bitcoin as ‘digital gold’ is falling apart
Bitcoin on a mound of gold. bodnarchuk | iStock Editorial | Getty Images A key investment case for bitcoin is deteriorating as geopolitical uncertainty and rising inflation hammer cryptocurrency price...