Sales of existing homes fell in August and prices that have been soaring eased, the latest sign the housing market is cooling as intense competition keeps potential buyers on alert.“Existing homes sales fell 2 per cent last month from July to an annual rate of 5.88 million units”, the National …
Read More »Why is Fed’s September meeting so important?
Wednesday will witness the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s September meeting ending at 2:30 pm ET and policy makers still have 3 monetary policy announcements before the end of 2021the year. The meeting is expected to address the taper timeline, however investors eye the taper start date, in particular, so …
Read More »Ripple Legal Team: No plans to settle lawsuit with SEC
Ripple Labs’ legal team said that there is no intention to reach a settlement in their lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The top US financial regulator alleges that Ripple has been selling XRP as an unregistered securities since 2013. The legal battle began in December 2020 AND provides …
Read More »Shell’s Texas assets Sale is biggest recent transaction
Royal Dutch Shell said it was selling off all oil and gas assets in Texas’s Permian Basin for USD 9.5 billion in cash. The buyer is ConocoPhillips.The sale deal covers the net of 225000 acres of land in the Permian, accounting for the production of 175,000 barrels of fuel per …
Read More »Oil fluctuates with Fed meeting in Focus
New York’s stock markets witnessed a mixed move of futures that switched between gains and losses on Tuesday. The U.S. central bank will meet, Wednesday, to decide on the fate of asset purchases. Officials are expected to hold interest rates near zero.Tapering of the Fed’s USD 120 billion in monthly …
Read More »Basel Committee warns of restrictive crypto rules
The global financial industry has urged regulators all over the world to avoid imposing strict capital rules on digital assets.Warning is gaining momentum because such regulatory requirements are most probable to drive activity underground and, therefore deprive banks of the benefits of crypto technology.Trade groups as well as representatives of …
Read More »OECD: U. S. economic recovery has slowed
The Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development said, Tuesday, that the U.S. economy is losing drive on its path to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.OECD forecast that gross domestic product would grow 6% in 2021, down nearly 1 percentage point from last May. The OECD previously predicted GDP would …
Read More »Evergrande could trigger a global market crisis
A looming debt-related default by Chinese Evergrande Group has suddenly shook up financial markets from Asia to Europe and the United States. On Monday, major banks were told that they will not collect interest payments on loans that are outstanding, while interest payments of USD 84 million on the company’s …
Read More »American Fintech products launched to push EVs
American Fintech products launched to push EVs Mainly to address climate change, Spring Free EV will launch fintech products to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles. Led by entrepreneur and former Sidecar founder and CEO Sunil Paul, the company has assumed the bold mission to reduce carbon dioxide emissions …
Read More »Yellen warns of cash catastrophe
Janet Yellen renewed, Monday, her call for Congress to raise or suspend the nation’s debt before October. The U. S. Treasury Secretary has warned that failure to do so may trigger an unprecedented financial crisis in the United States.“The U.S. has always paid its bills on time,” Yellen wrote in …
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