France’s newly-installed government on Thursday presented a draft budget containing 60 billion euros ($65.6 billion) in tax hikes and spending cuts, as analysts warned the package may not be enough to stave off ratings downgrades for the economy. The 2025 budget features a greater focus on tax-raising measures than some were expecting. Analysts also flagged
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Jim Cramer has been considering a potential investment in BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and we’re now adding it to our Bullpen stocks-to-watch list. The news BlackRock shares surged to a record high Friday after the firm posted third-quarter earnings that crushed analysts’ expectations, yet again. Management also announced that assets under management reached
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JPMorgan stock sails ahead on an impressive Q3 showing. GAAP EPS arrives 10% above Wall Street consensus.  Revenue benefits from investment banking, wealth management fees. Traders focus on setting new all-time high. JPMorgan (JPM) stock surged over 5% on Friday after the nation’s largest bank released earnings that strongly beat consensus. The Producer Price Index (PPI)
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Goldman Sachs suggests that the EUR should now be considered the funding currency of choice, particularly in comparison to the CHF and JPY, given current market conditions and expectations for currency performance. Key Points: The firm utilizes its market regimes framework to analyze FX performance based on yield direction and rate volatility, indicating that the
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Gold prices were little changed on Thursday, while traders await a key U.S. inflation print due later in the day to gain further clarity of the Federal Reserve‘s monetary policy stance. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was nearly flat at $2,609.72 per ounce, as of 0040 GMT, after easing for the previous six sessions. Prices scaled
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Wells Fargo extended its recent winning streak to six straight sessions Friday despite missed expectations on third-quarter revenue. Investors focused instead on the bank running leaner and generating better-than-expected profitability. Total revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 fell 2.4% versus last year, to $20.37 billion, missing analysts’ expectations of $20.42 billion, according to
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Risk sentiment appears to have stabilized heading into the weekend, despite stronger-than-expected US inflation data released overnight. The report didn’t cause any significant shifts in market expectations regarding Fed’s rate cuts. Stock markets also showed resilience, with major US indexes closing only slightly lower. Dollar, however, has lost some momentum, turning softer against both Swiss
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Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. economy grew 0.2% in August on a month-on-month basis, flash figures published by the Office for National Statistics showed Friday. Gross domestic product (GDP) came in line with the expectations of economists polled by Reuters, who had forecast growth of 0.2%. Britain’s economic growth
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UK GDP expands 0.2% MoM in August, matches estimates GBP/USD battles 1.3050 after the UK data. The UK economy expanded by 0.2% over the month in August, having stagnated for the second consecutive month in July, the latest data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Friday. The reading matched the market
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