It’s Brutal Outside: Heat Index Climbs Over 100 Across New Jersey, Flood Watch in Effect
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory and a flood watch for the Central New Jersey regional area and surrounding counties Tuesday as temperatures soar and…
Chile’s economic activity index bolstered by increase in services
SANTIAGO – Chile’s IMACEC economic activity index, a close proxy of gross domestic product (GDP), rose 7.2% in March from the same month last year, the country’s central bank said on Monday.…
MSCI eastern Europe stocks index drops after Russia cuts gas to Poland, Bulgaria
(Reuters) – MSCI’s emerging market eastern Europe equity index dropped as much as 1.2% in early trading on Wednesday after Russia cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. This is the fifth…
S.Korea to lobby for inclusion in MSCI developed market index
By Jihoon Lee and Yena Park SEOUL -South Korea’s finance minister will lobby for the country to be included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) developed market index when he meets…
Toronto index falls as sliding commodities weigh on energy, material stocks
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar – Canada’s benchmark index extended losses for a third straight session on Tuesday, as weakness in energy and metal prices due to rising COVID-19 cases in China weighed…
Canada’s top stock index shines as investors seek inflation hedge
By Alexander Schummer and Fergal Smith TORONTO – As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupts the global economy and drives up oil, gold and industrial metal prices, investors are embracing Canada’s commodity-linked stock…
New index shows U.S. inflation expectations shifting higher
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – One-year U.S. inflation expectations have rocketed higher since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the longer-term outlook has begun increasing as well, a development likely to be watched…
No immediate impact from Russia sanctions on bond index rebalancing – JPMorgan
LONDON – JPMorgan said there was no immediate impact from sanctions on Russia at the month-end rebalancing of its emerging market bond indexes. The indexes are key performance benchmarks for international investors…
JPMorgan says may review Ukraine’s inclusion into key local bond index
LONDON – JPMorgan has said it may have to review plans to start including Ukraine government bonds in it influential GBI-Emerging Markets index at the end of the next month amid the…
Japan’s corporate service price index hits 20-year high
TOKYO – An index measuring the prices Japanese firms charge each other for services hit a more than two-decade high in December, a sign inflationary pressure was building on rising freight costs…
Another Key Inflation Index Hits 40-Year High
Inflation continues to soar throughout the U.S., with the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index increasing to the highest level in almost 42 years while consumer spending cools, the Bureau of Economic…
Wholesale Producer Price Index Grows The Fastest It Ever Has
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, soared 9.6% year-over-year as of November, growing at the fastest rate ever measured, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced…
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