Economic Report

Canada’s annual inflation cooled to 2.2% in October, helped by cheaper gasoline, slower grocery inflation and the first sub-3% reading for mortgage interest costs in more than three years, Statistics Canada said Monday. On a month-over-month basis, CPI rose 0.2%, matching forecasts. Economists had looked for 2.1% year over year …

Crude prices eased Monday, giving back part of Friday’s surge after tanker-tracking data showed Russia’s Novorossiysk port had resumed crude loadings, tempering immediate fears of a supply shock. Brent (Jan) down 0.7% to $63.97/bbl WTI down 0.7% to $59.52/bbl (04:35 ET) Supply scare fades—but risk linger remains Friday’s 2%+ rally …

Bitcoin trimmed part of its slide on Monday but stayed under pressure, with fading expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month and nerves ahead of long-delayed U.S. data keeping buyers cautious. The world’s largest cryptocurrency last traded 0.7% lower at $95,101, after touching $93,043 in the past 24 …

European equities drifted lower at the open on Monday, with investors uneasy about global growth and bracing for a pivotal earnings update from AI bellwether Nvidia later this week. At 03:02 ET (08:02 GMT), Germany’s DAX was little changed, France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.1%, and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 fell …

Gold fell in Asian trading Monday, extending last week’s pullback as traders further priced out the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month and the U.S. dollar nudged higher. Spot gold: $4,053.84/oz (-0.6%) by 00:33 ET Dec futures: $4,055.91/oz (-0.9%) Policy repricing pressures bullion A swift reset in …

Asian equities edged lower Monday, with Japanese shares under pressure after data showed the economy shrank sharply in the third quarter, while caution ahead of Nvidia’s results kept a lid on risk appetite. U.S. equity futures firmed, hinting at a potential rebound on Wall Street after a choppy start to …

Last week in the financial markets was packed with significant developments—both on the economic front, with new data and fresh indicators, and on the political front, culminating in the end of the government shutdown. Beyond that, global equity movements drew considerable attention, accompanied by mounting concerns over a potential bubble …

Oil markets surged on Friday after a new wave of Ukrainian drone strikes hit a major Russian export hub, reigniting concerns about global supply stability and pushing crude benchmarks sharply higher in early Asian trading. The escalation injected fresh volatility into a market that has recently been dominated by worries …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Friday on the back foot, trailing its major index peers as a resurgent wave of enthusiasm for AI stocks pulled investor attention elsewhere. The index briefly slid by nearly 600 points before trimming losses to roughly 150 points by the close, but the late …

Federal Reserve officials continue to shape expectations around the path of US monetary policy, and the latest voice to enter the debate is the President of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, Jeffrey Schmid. Speaking at a joint energy conference in Denver, Schmid delivered a pointed message: the fight against …