Thursday, August 31, 2023
General
- Shares limp toward biggest monthly drop since February
- US Stocks Waver; UBS Boosts Europe Equities: Markets Wrap
- Asian Credit Spreads Widen Most in Five Months on China Fears
- Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows a modest rise in latest sign of slowing price increases
- US applications for jobless claims inch back down as companies hold on to their employees
- US consumer spending in July surges; weekly jobless claims fall
- 61% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck — inflation is still squeezing budgets
- Fed's Bostic says U.S. interest rates are high enough
- China's factory activity shrinks for 5th month, maintains pressure for policy support
- China’s Factory Activity Sparks Hope Slump Is Bottoming Out
- Country Garden faces key test as onshore bondholders set to vote on extension
- Country Garden Posts Record Loss, Warns of Possible Default
- Some Country Garden Bondholders Seek Default on Yuan Note
- How Evergrande’s downfall signaled China’s property crisis
- Exclusive: Chinese exporters using currency swaps to retain dollars as yuan sags
- Euro-Zone Inflation Gauges Hold Above 5% Before Key ECB Meeting
- BOE Chief Economist Says Rates Must Stay ‘Sufficiently High’ for Some Time
- Driest August in a Century Stokes More India Crop Curb Fears
- North Korea stages nuclear strike drill to protest allied exercises
- Iran Uranium Near Bomb-Grade Is Focus of Atomic Watchdog Report
- Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia reject China's latest South China Sea map
- Japan Military Seeks Record Budget as Threats in Region Mount
- ECB’s Schnabel Sees Worsened Growth Outlook But Prices Stubborn
- Inflation Has Been Easing Fast, but Wild Cards Lie Ahead
- China’s Economy Shows Fresh Signs of Weakness in Factories, Consumer Spending
- Gary Gensler unleashes biggest SEC regulatory blitz since financial crisis
- The dangers of leveraged ETFs
- Foreign investors sell China shares at record pace in August
- Japan raises military spending to counter China with more missiles and ships
- Wildfires expected to spread beyond traditional danger zones, scientists warn