Allan Baxter | Photolibrary | Getty Images Asia-Pacific’s leading index erased its year-to-date gains and is now flat in 2023 as bank stocks led declines Tuesday. The MSCI Asia Pacific index hit...
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Mortgage rates tumble in the wake of bank failures
A residential neighborhood in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.57% Monday, accor...
Bill Ackman says U.S. did right thing in protecting SVB depositors
A sign hangs at Silicon Valley Banks headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 10, 2023. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said the U.S. government’s actio...
OECD says global economic outlook ‘slightly better’ for 2023
People shop near prices displayed in a supermarket on February 13, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said the globa...
Home Depot (HD) Q4 earnings 2022
A customer loads plywood to a truck outside a Home Depot store in Galveston, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Scott Dalton | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home Depot’s revenue fell short of Wall Str...
U.S. stocks don’t seem bothered by inflation
People walk along 5th Avenue in Manhattan, one of the nation’s premier shopping streets on February 15, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is fro...
U.S. stocks don’t seem concerned about inflation
People walk along 5th Avenue in Manhattan, one of the nation’s premier shopping streets on February 15, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC...
Americans are spending despite high inflation. That means rate hikes
Fresh economic data this week shows Americans are shopping more than expected at the start of the year, even as prices continue to rise. That may be good news for some of the Club’s retail holdi...
Biden outlines plans to cut U.S. deficit by $2 trillion over the next decade
(The stream is slated to start at 2:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) U.S. President Joe Biden is in Lanham, Maryland today where he will speak to the ...
Stocks were steady even as U.S. inflation rose
U.S. egg prices jumped by two to three times in January. Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC ...
Air Force’s aging AWACS stirs questions of airborne-battle readiness
As the recent Chinese spy balloon encounter showed, keeping the skies safe is a tough job. For decades the U.S. Air Force has relied on the E-3 Sentry, and the most recent version, the E-3G, has been ...
Turkey earthquake comes at a critical time for the country’s future
Civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake’s epicentre, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southea...
Euro zone GDP Q4 2022
The latest euro zone growth numbers are out as the ECB considers what to do next. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The euro zone beat expectations on Tuesday by posting positive growth in the final ...
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...
Metro areas where U.S. rent prices have dropped the most
Colorful cafe bars at the iconic Beale Street music and entertainment district of downtown Memphis, Tennessee. benedek | iStock | Getty Images Despite broad hikes in rental prices, competition is easi...
China’s reopening ‘good news’ for growth — but could be inflationary, economists warn at Davos
China’s reopening has been one of the most discussed topics at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — China’s economic reopening might...
Dimon says Congress shouldn’t play games with U.S. creditworthiness
Jamie Dimon, President, CEO & Chairman of JP Morgan Chase, speaking on Squawk Box at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 19th, 2023. Adam Galica | CNBC JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Thurs...
Davos elites see a major risk ahead for markets with looming U.S. debt standoff
DAVOS, Switzerland – The finance and tech CEOs gathering at the World Economic Forum this week expressed measured optimism about the economy in 2023 — but at least one major risk looms for markets, th...
Sales fall short of expectations
Shoppers walk through the Urbanspace Holiday Shops at Bryant Park in New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Holiday sales fell short of industry expectations,...
Homebuilder sentiment in January rises for the first time in a year
Homes under construction in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Sales of new U.S. homes retreated in January after a flurry of purchases at the end of 2021, indicating a jump in mortgage...
Citigroup’s fourth-quarter profit declines by 21% as bank sets aside more money for credit losses
Citigroup said it had identified the cause of the flash crash and corrected the error “within minutes.” Jim Dyson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Citigroup said fourth-quarter net incom...
Here’s the inflation breakdown for December 2022 — in one chart
Kentaroo Tryman | Maskot | Getty Images The inflation rate declined in December as consumers saw prices plummet at the gasoline pump, providing another hopeful sign for households that price pressures...
Global economy going into recession, 2023 growth to slow
The World Bank slashed its global growth forecasts from projections it made in mid-2022 on the back of what it sees as broadly worsening economic conditions. The international development institution ...
Consumer confidence in housing rises as prices fall
Mortgage rates are still twice what they were a year ago, but home prices have been falling since June, and that’s finally making consumers feel better about what had been an overheated, highly ...
China’s reopening could boost Australia’s economy by 1%, JPMorgan says
According to JPMorgan, a full recovery in Australia’s tourism will add 0.5 percentage points to its GDP and the return of international students from China will add another 0.4 percentage points...
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 ...
2022 U.S. auto sales are worst in more than a decade
New Jeeps on display at a New York City car dealership on Oct. 5, 2021. Spencer Platt | Getty Images DETROIT — Automakers are hopeful last year’s new vehicle sales — the worst in more than a dec...
Share of car buyers with monthly payments over $1,000 hits record high
Financing a new or used car is more expensive than ever, new research shows. Amid rising interest rates and elevated auto prices, the share of new car buyers with a monthly payment of more than $1,000...
Here are some strategies that can help you dig out of holiday debt
While some Americans are still recovering from holiday festivities, many others may have lingering effects of spending regrets. Overall U.S. retail sales increased 7.6% year-over-year between Nov. 1 a...