A rapidly escalating bird-flu outbreak in the US is contributing to a surge in egg prices and threatens to raise prices on other poultry products in the coming months as deaths continue to mount. Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza so far have led to the deaths of more than 17 million birds, according to […]
When the pandemic first hit, Celeste Lyons quit her job at a law firm in Connecticut and started to hunker down at home, living off retirement savings and an inheritance from her parents as she tried to avoid getting sick. She wanted to work again eventually, but nearly two years went by before Lyons, 63, […]
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller has no doubt about how competitive today’s housing market is. “Trust me, I know it is red hot because I am trying to buy a house here in Washington and the market is crazy,” Waller said in a speech at a housing conference. But even as home and rental prices […]
Investors are piling back into US stocks, betting that the domestic equity market can withstand new economic headwinds better than other parts of the world. The US, by contrast, is less reliable on Russian oil, while counts of Covid-19 patients admitted to hospitals have fallen substantially. And many investors believe the US economy entered the […]
Cargo ships are accumulating at one of China’s busiest ports after another Covid-19 outbreak shut down factories and warehouses in Shenzhen, raising the prospect of a new round of bottlenecks that could push up freight rates and slow deliveries. There are more than 35 ships waiting to dock in Shenzhen and another 30 farther north […]
Cargo ships are accumulating at one of China’s busiest ports after another Covid-19 outbreak shut down factories and warehouses in Shenzhen, raising the prospect of a new round of bottlenecks that could push up freight rates and slow deliveries. There are more than 35 ships waiting to dock in Shenzhen and another 30 farther north […]
Chinese stocks crashed in recent days, only to rebound with unprecedented force. To some investors, the recovery was nearly as worrying as the selloff. The turbulence follows a year-long slide that had already caused widespread investor losses. Trillions of dollars in market value across American depositary receipts, Hong Kong shares and other Chinese stocks have […]
Chinese stocks crashed in recent days, only to rebound with unprecedented force. To some investors, the recovery was nearly as worrying as the selloff. The turbulence follows a year-long slide that had already caused widespread investor losses. Trillions of dollars in market value across American depositary receipts, Hong Kong shares and other Chinese stocks have […]
US stocks rocketed higher in a volatile session and bond yields jumped to the highest level in almost three years after the Federal Reserve officially said it would raise interest rates for the first time since 2018. Major indexes rallied at the open, pared their gains after the Fed announcement and then raced to finish […]
US stocks climbed and bond yields jumped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve officially said it would raise interest rates for the first time since 2018. The S&P 500 was up 1.3% in recent trading. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite advanced 2.4%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%. The indexes initially pared their gains in […]
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