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Real Estate

“Country Garden [Chinese Real Estate] says it may not be able to repay debt, warns of uncertainty around liquidity position”

“Chinese real estate developer Country Garden Holdings said it expects it will not be able to make all of its offshore repayments, including those issued in U.S. dollar notes. The company failed to make a debt repayment of 470 million Hong Kong… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Why so many workers are striking in 2023…”

“Just as Hollywood’s writers and studios reached a tentative deal to return to work after nearly 150 days, a new strike was brewing. More than 75,000 health-care workers walked off the job Wednesday at Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest non-profit health-care organization, driven in part by demands for… Continue Reading…

Banking

“Israel’s central bank sells $30 billion in foreign reserves after shekel slides to seven-year low”

“The Bank of Israel on Monday announced it will sell up to $30 billion in foreign reserves in a bid to support its domestic currency which has fallen sharply following the deadly incursion by Hamas militants over the weekend. The Israeli shekel last weakened… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“Amazon hikes pay in the UK, plans to hire 15,000 seasonal workers ahead of the holidays”

“Amazon is planning to hike pay for its operations workers in the U.K. and add 15,000 new staff ahead of the holidays, as the e-commerce giant prepares itself for a wave of demand ahead of Christmas. The company said Monday that it would… Continue Reading…

Banking

“U.S. 10-year yield returns near 16-year high after better-than-expected jobs report”

“U.S. Treasury yields rose Friday, with the 10-year nearing a 16-year high after the latest jobs data came in stronger than economists anticipated. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was up by nearly 13 basis points at 4.839%. It had hit a fresh… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Payrolls increased by 336,000 in September, much more than expected”

“Job growth was stronger than expected in September, a sign that the U.S. economy is hanging tough despite higher interest rates, labor strife and dysfunction in Washington. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 336,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Why is the stock market down? Dow drops as Treasury yields near highest level since 2007”

“… Why is the stock market down today? When bonds are paying so much more in interest, they pull investment dollars away from stocks and other investments prone to bigger swings in price than bonds. High yields also make borrowing… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“The stock market sell-off is all about the ‘pain trade’ in bonds”

“Stocks continued their recent sell-off on Tuesday amid a slew of concerning headlines for investors. Labor market data showed job openings unexpectedly jumped in August. An ongoing labor strike in the auto sector is intensifying. And surging oil prices are within a few percentage points of 2023… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“Mortgage demand drops to the lowest level since 1996, as interest rates head toward 8%”

“…Mortgage rates just continue to climb higher, taking a particularly big leap last week. As a result, total mortgage demand fell 6% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index… Applications for a mortgage… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Hedge funds using computers to sell up to $30 billion of stocks soon – UBS”

“LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds using computers to trade equities are expecting to start selling to the tune of $20 billion to $30 billion in the next two weeks given retreating stock markets, a UBS note seen by Reuters shows…… Continue Reading…