Weekly

Over the weekend the PBoC left the MLF rate unchanged at 2.50% as expected.PBoCThe New Zealand Services PMI jumped back into expansion in January:Services PMI 52.1 vs. 48.8 prior.New Zealand Services PMIThe Canadian January PPI came in line…

UPCOMING EVENTS:Tuesday: Japan CPI, US Durable Goods Orders, US Consumer Confidence.Wednesday: Australia Monthly CPI, RBNZ Policy Decision, US Q4 GDP 2nd Estimate.Thursday: Japan Industrial Production and Retail Sales,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A banknote of Japanese yen is seen in this illustration picture taken June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) -The was on track for its first weekly fall…

Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) this week rose 4.2% for the biggest gain among large-cap industrial stocks. The freight railroad, a bellwether of manufacturing activity, closed at a record high. The…

Worldcoin, the ambitious project aiming to establish a universal digital identity through iris scanning, has grabbed headlines once again. This time, it’s not for its controversial practices, but for an 80%…

UPCOMING EVENTS:Monday: US/Canada Holiday, Canada PPI.Tuesday: RBA Meeting Minutes, PBoC LPR, Canada CPI, New Zealand PPI.Wednesday: Australia Wage data, FOMC Meeting Minutes.Thursday:…

Sean Justice/The Image Bank via Getty Images General Electric (NYSE:GE) this week rose 7.1% for the biggest decline among large-cap industrial stocks. The Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLI), whose holdings include some of…

SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Crude oil added to recent gains Friday to wrap up a fourth winning week out of five, benefitting from a ratcheting up of tensions in Middle East while overcoming some difficult headlines along the…

UPCOMING EVENTS:Tuesday: Japan PPI, UK Labour Market report, Switzerland CPI, German ZEW, US NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, US CPI.Wednesday: UK CPI, Eurozone Industrial Production.Thursday: Japan…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A closing price of Nikkei index on a stock quotation board is pictured after a ceremony marking the end of trading in 2023 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan December 29, 2023. REUTERS/Kim…