Fact Check: Tim Walz Is Not the Highest Ranking NCO to Ever Serve in Congress
Austin, TX — Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who represents Texas’s 23rd district, has asserted his status as the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer (NCO) to ever serve in Congress after false statements by Democrat…
Barrick set to report highest quarterly gold output for 2022
(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 from its…
Dutch plan highest borrowing in a decade for 2023
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 “extremely uncertain”…
Hungary central bank to keep EU’s highest rate steady as inflation shows no respite
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 rise in…
Euro zone investor morale rises to highest since June
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 lessen the…
Credit default ratio in Brazil hits highest in almost 4 years
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 Monday, amid…
Tongan volcano eruption unleashed highest plume on record
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 atmosphere than…
Inflation Just Hit The Highest Level On Record In the EU
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 use the…
Mortgage Rates Spike To Highest Level In Over 20 Years
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 hitting their…
Denmark’s central bank raises key rate to highest level in 13 years
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 earlier in…
ECB raises deposit rate to 1.5%, highest since 2009
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 system to…
U.S. mortgage interest rates jump to 7.16%, highest since 2001
(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 from the…
Initial Jobless Claims At Highest Level Since August
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 Thursday, another…
Argentina inflation, highest in decades, seen at 6.7% in Sept
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 that it…
China CDS hit highest in more than five years – S&P Global Market Intelligence
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 five-year credit…
England and Wales company insolvencies hit highest since 2009
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 toll on…
U.S. mortgage interest rates jump to 6.52%, highest since mid-2008
(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 Wednesday. Rising…
Nigeria hikes rate to highest level to head off inflation
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, forging ahead…
UK 30-year yields hit highest since 2002, extending post-tax cuts surge
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 announced sweeping…
Sterling options volatility soars to highest since Brexit vote
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 the pound…
U.S. mortgage rates rise to 6.29%, highest in 14 years
(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 ago, home…
Two-year yields highest since 2007 before Fed decision
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 by another…
UK short-dated gilt yields highest since 2008 ahead of BoE, Fed
LONDON (Reuters) – British two-year and five-year government bond yields rose to their highest since late 2008 on Wednesday, ahead of expected interest rate increases from the U.S. Federal Reserve later on…
U.S. mortgage interest rates reach 6.25%, highest level since October 2008
(Reuters) – The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan climbed to its highest level since October 2008, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data showed on Wednesday. Rising mortgage rates…
In small Chinese cities, unsold housing stock hits highest since 2019
(Corrects to about 20 months in the third paragraph, not 23 months) BEIJING (Reuters) -The stock of new homes in small Chinese cities hit its highest since 2019 as of the end…
Summer Roadway Deaths Highest Since 2014 at the Jersey Shore
FREEHOLD – Roadway fatalities are up this summer in Monmouth County according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Linskey and the county’s police chiefs are urging local motorists to exercise additional…
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