March 26,2018 United States: U.S. Stock Futures Start Week With a Reprieve A positive start for U.S. stock futures provided a respite for traders after the market’s worst drubbing in two years. They speculated this week couldn’t be worse than the last one, but weren’t sure. “It all depends on the news out of the
March 23, 2018 United States: Stocks Drop Most in Six Weeks on Trade War Tension: Markets Wrap U.S. stocks tumbled, pushing benchmark gauges back toward the lows set during the worst of the February rout, as President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on Chinese goods heightened concern that a trade war could throttle global
March 22, 2018 United States: Trump Plans to Impose $50 Billion in China Tariffs, Source Says President Donald Trump is set to announce about $50 billion of tariffs against China over intellectual-property violations on Thursday, according a person familiar with the matter. The president is considering targeting more than 100 different types of Chinese goods,
March 21, 2018. United States: Yellen Says Gradual Fed Rate Hikes Are Needed to Prevent Overheating Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said higher interest rates will be needed to keep the U.S. economy from overheating, though the pace must be calibrated to allow inflation to rise to the central bank’s 2 percent goal. “I
March 20, 2018 Main Event Entertainment Group Limited (MEEG) for the three months ended January 31, 2018 recorded a total of $361.41 million in revenue compared to $332.82 million booked for the comparable period in 2016. The growth according to the Company, “was driven by expansions in core business of entertainment and promotions, with
March 20, 2018 United States: U.S. Plans Heavy China Tariff Hit as Soon as This Week The Trump administration plans to impose tariffs worth as much as $60 billion on Chinese products as early as this week to punish Beijing for what the U.S. perceives as intellectual property theft from American businesses, according to two
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March 19,2018 United States: Trump's Economy Is Still Waiting for the Tax-Cut Boost The U.S. economy is beginning the year with a downshift in growth despite $1.5 trillion in tax cuts signed by President Donald Trump in December. Unexpectedly weak February retail sales pushed down forecasts for the annualized pace of expansion in the first quarter, with the Federal
March 16, 2018 The inflation for the month of February 2018 decreased 0.1% following a negligible movement in January 2018, according to The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The Consumer Price Index for the month moved to 248.3 relative to the 248.6 reported for January 2018. This decline was largely attributed to the movement in
March 16, 2018 United States: S&P Stuck in Worst Streak This Year Faces Quadruple Witching Equity bulls frustrated with this year’s longest stretch of declines can blame it on a regular market event happening today. That’s when the quarterly expiration of futures and options on indexes and individual stocks, known as “quadruple witching,” takes place.
