American Borrowers Are Getting Closer to Maxing Out
A happy holiday shopping season might not end up being an especially cheery time for lenders. Card loans are still growing, on average rising 1.6%...
Foreign Firms Pull Billions in Earnings Out of China
Updated Nov. 6, 2023 11:49 am ET SINGAPORE—For years, foreign companies plowed the profits they made in China back into China, using the cash to...
Home Sales on Track for Slowest Year Since Housing Bust
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‘We are buyers of gold on weakness’: Yellow metal resilient as real rates surge, says Morgan Stanley
Gold appears resilient amid the recent surge in real interest rates, presenting a buying opportunity over the intermediate term, according to Morgan Stanley’s wealth-management business....
Retailers Paint a Worrying Picture of American Consumers
The retail sector suffered a severe blow this week. Macy’s and Kohl’s reported significant sales declines, indicating deeper underlying problems. Stock values plummeted across the...
Corporate America Is Hurting on China’s Worsening Economy
China’s worsening economic downturn is negatively impacting major American businesses operating in the country, especially those linked to its declining manufacturing, construction, and export sectors....
Is AI's Rapid Rise the New Dot-Com Bubble About to Burst?
Despite the recent tech rally driven by generative artificial intelligence, concerns rise as Nvidia’s shares have almost tripled in 2023, with some attributing this surge...
U.S. retail sales barely rise, pointing to weak spots in the economy
The numbers: Sales at retailers rose a tepid 0.2% in June, reflecting a shift in consumer spending habits and signaling softness in some parts of...
Gold should be dead, but somehow it’s still adding value
Why isn’t gold dead yet? It hasn’t served a vital economic function since the government stopped treating it as money back in 1971. Actually, you...
Office Owners Dump Lesser Buildings for Whatever They Can Get
Listen to article (2 minutes) Some of New York’s best known real-estate developers are unloading their least viable office buildings at deep discounts, cracking open...