Economic events

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 17, 2022.Source: NYSEStock futures were little changed in overnight trading as the S&P 500 attempted to snap a seven-week losing streak.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed about 35…

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth on record for the first three months of the year, as Covid-19 lockdowns in the world's second-largest economy weighed on consumer spending.JD.com beat estimates…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 13, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersU.S. stock index futures were flat during overnight trading on Monday, following a volatile session that saw…

Oaktree Capital Management's Howard Marks doesn't believe a recession is around the corner. Source link

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira NabiullinaAlexei Nikolsky\TASS via Getty ImagesHowever, with the ruble now returning to pre-war levels, policymakers are turning their attention to…

d3sign | Moment | Getty ImagesAs the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury pushes ever closer to 3% — a symbolic level not seen since late 2018 — financial analysts have described how it could affect people's finances in a number of…

The Chinese economy is "struggling" for now — but it's "not in serious trouble," according to Derek Scissors chief economist at research firm China Beige Book."We're not looking at outright contraction as China suffered in 2020,"…

The Huangpu River splits the Chinese city of Shanghai between the older settlement on the west and the newer, financial center on the east.Johannes Eisele | Afp | Getty ImagesChina's latest wave of Covid restrictions has forced millions…

The S&P 500 has spent just about all of the past three months below the minus-5% threshold and finished last week at a level first reached nearly nine months ago. Source link

Thousands of Sri Lankans took to the streets on Monday calling for the ouster of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seen here on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom.Andy Buchanan | Pool | Getty Images"Gotta go, Gotabaya," …