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Global shares trade lower ahead of US' first quarter economic growth report

Shares slipped Wednesday in Europe and Asia ahead of the latest update on US economic growth, while oil prices were lower. The Commerce Department was due to release a report on first-quarter gross domestic product later in the day. Investors worried by uncertainty over inflation, rising interest rates and the potential for a recession also were awaiting remarks by central bank leaders including Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Germany's DAX lost 1.2 per cent to 13,071.73, while the CAC 40 in Paris was almost unchanged at 6,049.31. Britain's FTSE 100 shed 0.5 per cent to 7,287.26. The futures for the Dow industrials and S&P 500 were up 0.1 per cent. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 2 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6 per cent, and the Nasdaq fell 3 per cent after a survey showed weaker than expected consumer confidence in the US, mainly due to surging prices. A weaker-than-expected US consumer confidence reading highlighted worsening consumer expectations due to ...

Global stock markets mixed as Wall Street bond sell-off; yen at 2-yr low

Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday after a bond sell-off on Wall Street fuelled anxiety about a possible U.S. economic slowdown and Australia raised interest rates. London, Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Frankfurt opened higher and Tokyo gained. The yen, trading at two-decade lows, fell further to almost 133 to the dollar. Wall Street futures were lower after the benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.3% on Monday and the market price of a 10-year Treasury bond fell. That increased its yield, or the difference between the day's price and the payout at maturity. The difference between short- and long-term Treasury yields is narrowing, which is making me a little nervous, because it suggests investors think a U.S. recession is more likely, said Jeffrey Halley of Oanda in a report. I don't think the U.S. is at stagflation yet, or a period with high inflation and low growth, but if oil stays above $120.00 a barrel, it might soon be, Halley said. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in Londo

Omicron, trade weigh on US economy in first qtr; GDP declines at 1.4% rate

The first decrease in gross domestic product in nearly two years was mostly driven by a wider trade deficit as imports surged, and a slowdown in the pace of inventory accumulation

US goods trade deficit hits record high; Q1 GDP growth estimates slashed

The goods trade deficit jumped 17.8% to an all-time high of $125.3 billion.

US added 678,000 jobs in February in sign of economic health

U.S. employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, another gain that underscored the economy's solid health as the omicron wave fades

Biden pledges to 'get inflation under control' as his approval rating slips

US President Joe Biden has pledged to "get inflation under control" as American voters were increasingly pessimistic about the economy

With inflation at 40-year high, US central bankers consider March rate hike

US central bankers are coalescing around a plan to start tapping the brakes on economic growth as soon as March, with further monetary policy tightening likely as the year goes on

Powell says US Fed could start to shrink balance sheet later this year

US Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell has said that the central bank could start to shrink its balance sheet later this year.

Goldman Sachs expects four US Fed hikes, sees faster runoff in 2022

The Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates four times this year and will start its balance sheet runoff process in July, if not earlier, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Fed Reserve's 'maximum employment' is here; not everyone has benefited

Since adopting a new approach to US monetary policy weighted towards ensuring a strong labor market, Federal Reserve officials have been reluctant to define key terms like "maximum employment"

US economy grows at an annual rate of 2.0% in Q3 amidst delta surge

"Government assistance payments in the form of forgivable loans to businesses, grants to state and local governments, and social benefits to households all decreased."

US' Q2 economic growth revised slightly higher; weekly jobless claims rise

Gross domestic product increased at a 6.6% annualized rate, the Commerce Department said on Thursday in its second estimate of GDP growth for the April-June quarter

US job growth exceeds forecast in July as unemployment rate falls

Payrolls climbed by 943,000 last month after an upwardly revised 938,000 increase in June

US economy well on way to robust post-Covid recovery: Janet Yellen

Yellen said in testimony she's scheduled to deliver before the Senate Finance Committee that she came into her job in January hoping to help Americans "make it to the other side of the crisis."

Social spending, business tax hike drive $6 trillion Joe Biden budget

President Joe Biden's USD 6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a USD 1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people

US economic growth in April-June remains unrevised at annualised 6.4%

The US economy grew at an annual rate of 6.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, the Commerce Department said in its second estimate.

United States first quarter GDP unchanged at robust 6.4% annual rate

The US economy grew at a robust annual rate of 6.4 per cent in the first three months of this year, unchanged from the government's initial estimate.

United States unemployment claims fall to 406,000, a new pandemic low

This comes as the virus wanes and economy further reopens.

US business economists foresee best growth in 37 years, reveals survey

A survey being released Monday by the National Association for Business Economics found that its panel expects the economy to expand 6.5 per cent this year

US economy accelerated at a robust 6.4% rate last quarter on stimulus

US economy grew at a brisk 6.4 per cent annual rate last quarter a show of strength fuelled by government aid and declining viral cases that could drive further gains