The minister is on a four-day visit to the USA. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday visited US electric vehicle major Tesla’s manufacturing facility in Fremont, California and highlighted India’s role in contributing to Tesla’s remarkable journey. During his visit, he interacted with Indian engineers and finance professionals, but missed Elon Musk’s “magnetic … [Read more…]
2 hours ago Australia’s central bank considered raising interest rates in December but paused due to limited data: minutes The Reserve Bank of Australia considered a 25 basis point rate hike in December but ultimately decided to keep rates at 4.35%, central bank minutes showed. The RBA said the case for a rate hike was … [Read more…]
© Portal. FILE PHOTO: The Japanese national flag is raised at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on September 20, 2023. Portal/Issei Kato/File photo By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Portal) – Asian stocks fell on Monday after a subdued start to a week in which Japan’s central bank may move further away from its … [Read more…]
17 minutes ago Biggest riser: Royal Mail owner IDS rises 9% Shares in Royal Mail owner International Distributions Services rose more than 9% in early afternoon trading after Bank of America upgraded the stock to “buy” from “neutral” on the back of a promising recovery and a union agreement. 33 minutes ago Hargreaves Lansdown and … [Read more…]
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, USA, December 7, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Portal U.S. stock futures were slightly higher on Sunday evening as investors await the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of 2023 this week for signals on when central bankers will begin cutting interest … [Read more…]
The rally that has catapulted U.S. stocks into the home stretch of the year to new highs in 2023 could be in jeopardy if the Federal Reserve dashes expectations for interest rate cuts in 2024. According to Melissa Brown, senior director of applied research at Axioma, U.S. central bankers and investors don’t fully agree on … [Read more…]