A lawsuit by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to block the enforcement of the release of tax records has been dismissed by a court ruling on Thursday. The verdict was built on the logic that the case could provide undue expansion of presidential immunity, Reuters reported. Trump …

The U.S. Treasury yields declined on Thursday, following the release of unemployment data. The number of people applying for jobless claims in the United States rose above one million once more, reaching 1.1 million last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury …

European stocks closed lower on Thursday, following expectations by the US Federal Reserve that the COVID-19 will weigh heavily on economic activity on the short-term. The pan-continental STOXX Europe 600 settled lower by 1%. The UK’s FTSE100 also declined by 1.61%, while the French index CAC40 finished lower by 1.33%. …

White House economic adviser and the Director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, said on Thursday that the Trump administration is still engaged in the first phase of the trade deal between the United States and China, Reuters reported. The Trump administration is also pleased with the agreement’s progress …

Airbnb, the short-term home and room rental company, has confidentially filed on Wednesday for an initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reported. A recent report by the Wall Street Journal suggested that the company could go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as early as before the end of …

Natural gas storage inventories in the United States increased last week, data showed on Thursday. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas stockpiles rose during the week ended on August 14 by 43 billion cubic feet, in line with market expectations. Natural gas futures did not change …

The release of the Federal Reserve July meeting minutes dominated the market today, helping the USD go higher and, accordingly, gold closing lower. Meanwhile, expectations by the monetary policymakers that the COVID-19 health crisis will weigh on the economy led to Wall Street closing in red, while oil prices showed …

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) indices closed in red, after rising earlier in the session to new intraday record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 85.19, or 0.31%, while S&P 500 closed lower by around 15 points or 0.44%, and the Nasdaq Composite finished lower by 0.57%. The …

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, is expecting the US economy to shrink by 4% in 2020, however, he does not see recent hikes by Wall Street as contradictory to the economic outlook. “I think Wall Street has called this about right so far,” Bullard …

The US need to get the coronavirus under control to ensure business confidence and economic certainty, according to the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Thomas Barkin. The high levels of uncertainty are weighing on the economy, which still needs continued fiscal support, according to Barkin.