‘Highest Level We’ve Ever Seen’: One In 10 High School Girls In The US Have Been Raped, CDC Says Laurel Duggan on February 13, 2023 Nearly 14% of high school…
Dem-Led City Reports Highest Violent Crime Rate In 15 Years After Slashing Police Budget Trevor Schakohl on February 7, 2023 Seattle’s violent crime rate rose to its highest point in…
Fed Hikes Interest Rates To Highest Levels In 15 Years John Hugh DeMastri on February 1, 2023 The Federal Reserve raised its target federal-funds interest rate by a quarter percentage…
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – U.S. crude inventories rose last week as demand for fuels tapered off, and while the increase was less than expected, crude stocks reached the highest…
(Reuters) -Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp on Tuesday reported a 13.4% sequential rise in gold production in what could be its highest quarterly output last year, driven by strong performances…
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands expects to borrow 101.5 billion euros ($107.8) on the debt markets next year, the most since 2012, and its funding needs are…
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank is likely to leave its base rate unchanged at 13% next Tuesday, the highest in the European Union, amid a continued…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Investor morale in the euro zone rose this month to its highest level since June on hopes that mild winter weather and sufficient gas in storage may…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A broad measure of Brazilian consumer and business credit default ratios rose in October to its highest level in almost four years, central bank data showed on…
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The powerful Jan. 15 underwater eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth’s…
Inflation Just Hit The Highest Level On Record In the EU John Hugh DeMastri on October 31, 2022 Inflation in the eurozone, the subset of 19 European Union nations that…
Mortgage Rates Spike To Highest Level In Over 20 Years Bronson Winslow on October 26, 2022 Mortgage rates have continually increased for 10 straight weeks, with current 30-year fixed rates…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s central bank raised its key interest rate by 0.60 percentage points to 1.25% on Thursday to its highest level in thirteen years, following a rate hike…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank raised interest rates for the third meeting in a row on Thursday and signalled an intention to start mopping up cash from the banking…
(Reuters) – The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan rose to its highest level since 2001 as tightening financial conditions weigh on the housing sector, data…
Initial Jobless Claims At Highest Level Since August John Hugh DeMastri on October 13, 2022 Initial jobless claims hit their highest level since August, the Department of Labor reported…
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s inflation rate likely eased slightly in September to 6.7%, a Reuters poll of analysts showed, but remained stubbornly high overall, supporting forecasts…
LONDON (Reuters) – The cost of insuring exposure to China’s sovereign debt rose to the highest level since January 2017 on Tuesday, data from S&P Global Market Intelligence showed. China’s…
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of company insolvencies in England and Wales hit its highest level in the April-June period in nearly 13 years as surging energy prices took their…
(Reuters) – The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan climbed to its highest level since August 2008, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) showed on…
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank on Tuesday hiked its main lending rate by 150 basis points to 15.50%, its highest level yet and more than forecast,…
LONDON (Reuters) -Yields on British government debt surged to new multi-year highs on Tuesday, led by 20 and 30-year bonds, adding to their steep climb since finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng…
LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling volatility surged on Monday to its highest since the fallout from the Brexit referendum in mid-2016, after the British government’s fiscal plan alarmed investors and sent…
(Reuters) – U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages rose to 6.29% on Thursday, the highest level since 2008, according to Freddie Mac’s mortgage market survey. Last week, rates averaged 6.02%. A year…
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two-year Treasury yields hit 4% on Wednesday for the first time since 2007 before the Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates…