Australian bank stocks slide as Westpac warns of weak housing investor appetite
As per the Westpac, investor credit demand for Australia's housing sector would fall from 9.1% in 2026 to 4.5% in 2027 and 4.4% in 2028...
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Despite weakness in crypto trading, Robinhood beats profit estimates
Robinhood's retail trading remained robust as heightened market volatility, due to the Iran war and the Fed rate outlook, kept investors active...
Fed keeps rates unchanged, Warsh to review central bank’s “working pattern”
With inflation running at an above-target 3.8% and uncertainty surrounding the Iran deal, Fed's rate-setting committee unanimously decided to keep rates steady...
Japan likely spent USD 35 billion to save yen: BOJ report
According to Atsushi Mimura, Tokyo's top currency diplomat, the BoJ faces zero constraints when intervening in currency markets...
Uganda returns to banks for loans as credit options thin out
According to Uganda's September 2024 debt sustainability analysis report, commercial banks own 12% of the nation's external debt...
High interest rates: PE’s biggest challenge?
In the United States, private equity firms have created 12 million jobs and contributed 6.5% to the GDP, amounting to $1.4 trillion...
The UK inflation rate surprise
Interest rates are a blunt tool to combat inflation, but they remain central banks' main tool...
Elon Musk: The first man to lose USD 200 billion
Tesla's stock dropped by 65% in 2022, and Elon Musk sold some of his holdings to pay for his purchase of Twitter...
Will a hike in interest rates reduce inflation?
On August 4, Bank of England announced a 0.5 percentage point rate hike, the biggest in more than a quarter of a century....
IMF reveals why Asia economies need rapid rate hikes
Krishna Srinivasan did not specify which economies would have to quickly increase interest rates....