The dollar strengthened against the yen on Friday, hitting its highest level in two weeks, after the Bank of Japan left ...

Emerging-market currencies oscillated between gains and losses as the risk-on sentiment following the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut faltered.

Canadian retail sales grew by 0.9% in July from June, eclipsing forecasts for a gain of 0.6%, while a preliminary estimate showed sales up 0.5% in August.

The other big potential threat is a U.S. recession. A soft landing for the economy is the central case, but a deeper slowdown ...

Asian equities were largely higher on high volumes driven by FTSE Russell and S&P index rebalances and triple witching in the ...

US and European stock markets retreated on Friday following a rally and records triggered by a jumbo US interest rate cut ...

U.S. stocks are drifting in early trading after leaping to records the day before as part of a worldwide rally.

It's a stark contrast to several weeks ago when global equity markets suffered a savage pullback at the start of August as a scare about the health of the U.S. economy dovetailed with a sudden surge ...

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The big Fed cut alongside news of falling weekly jobless puts the 'soft landing' firmly on track and all stock indexes surged ...