Tag: business

December 5, 2023

The US Department of Energy has stepped up efforts to refill its stockpile after a record withdrawal last year to control inflation. The DoE is now due to receive 4 million barrels back into its reserves by February instead of […]

December 4, 2023

In September, Modern Treasury released their 3rd annual State of Payment Operations report, where they surveyed over 500 financial decision-makers for insights into payment operations at their companies. The decision-makers came from all kinds of industries, from marketplaces, to real […]

November 29, 2023

While USD/JPY has been on a major bullish run since the beginning of the year, it has trended lower in recent days following several unsuccessful attempts at clearing overhead resistance in the 152.00 region. After the latest pullback, which has […]

November 29, 2023

Oil prices are enjoying a second successive day of gains, up around 1.5% at the time of writing. A lot of the optimism stems from the idea that OPEC+ will announce additional cut at tomorrow’s virtual meeting despite rumors that […]

November 28, 2023

EUR/USD is currently testing the 21 November high and continues to trade above the 200-day simple moving average (SMA). The bullish run may face another test in the form of US GDP data (second estimate) later this week after estimates […]

November 27, 2023

The GBP and Cable in particular has had a mixed start to the week, fluctuating between gains and losses. Markets in general were a bit slow today ahead of what is a relatively busy week on the data front. The […]

November 27, 2023

As convenience stores increasingly compete with restaurants and grocers, the industry is seeing a stronger need to “step up their game in setting themselves apart from their competitors,” according to Incisiv’s report. Part of that is a matter of aesthetics, […]

November 21, 2023

Mastercard’s entrance into China’s domestic market will further reveal whether that gigantic consumer market is a huge win for U.S.-based card companies, or an ultimate loss. Mastercard said Monday that its Mastercard NUCC Information Technology joint venture with a Chinese […]

November 21, 2023

Nearly 128 million U.S. workers — about 70% of the entire US workforce — could stand to benefit from apprenticeships and on-the-job learning opportunities, opening up a key cohort of trained workers for employers, according to a Nov. 13 report […]

November 20, 2023

Investment platform Freetrade, known for letting users trade shares from their phone, has launched a collection of easy-access exchange traded funds (ETF) that track the overnight interbank rate in the UK and US. The Cash Investments ETFs seek to track […]

November 20, 2023

Ethereum (ETH) is witnessing a price breakout on the back of increasing institutional interest in the second-largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin (BTC) by market cap. The increased bullish sentiment pushed Ether price up by 26.2% in 30-days. The fact that ETH […]

November 17, 2023

The decentralized finance (DeFi) market has been one of the most exciting and volatile sectors in crypto outside of Bitcoin (BTC). In 2020, the DeFi sector experienced a bull market that saw the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance […]

November 15, 2023

US retail sales broke its run of six consecutive positive prints in October, dropping 0.1% in the month of October compared to September. In addition, September’s number was revised higher from +0.7% to +0.9%. Retail sales has contributed to the […]

November 13, 2023

Most Asian stocks rose slightly on Tuesday, recovering a measure of recent losses as investors hunkered down before key U.S. inflation data, while Chinese markets lagged following weak lending activity data. Asian markets were nursing steep losses from the prior […]

November 13, 2023

The European Union has taken another step toward creating a digital wallet linked to a user’s identity, according to a press release last Wednesday. The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a final agreement on a regulation […]

November 9, 2023

The Euro appears to be gaining some traction against the Greenback of late. The 1.0700 handle however has proved stubborn with EURUSD unable to maintain gains once crossing the threshold. Markets continue to remain optimistic that the Fed are done […]

November 8, 2023

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a sizable rise in US crude stocks for the week ending 3 November. The inventory build has weighed on oil prices which have already suffered amid the prospect of a continued growth slowdown in […]

November 8, 2023

Today, at the Finopolis forum, German Gref, CEO of Sberbank, Russia’s leading financial institution, projected a significant slowdown in the mortgage market. Despite this forecast, the anticipated increase in Sberbank’s mortgage lending for 2023 is set to reach an impressive […]

November 7, 2023

UBS shares climbed on Tuesday morning after the Swiss banking giant resoundingly beat expectations for underlying profit. The bank recorded an underlying operating profit before tax of $844 million, well ahead of consensus expectations. UBS shares were up 3.2% by […]

November 7, 2023

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday a soft landing is still on the table as the central bank seeks to combat inflation without hurting the economy significantly. “Because of some of the strangeness of this moment, there is […]