Friday 14 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - US retail sales slowed down in April after the initial effect of the White House's Covid-19 stimulus checks faded. Read More
Friday 14 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Stockmarkets are now set to consolidate, given that inflation is now "a bit more" of an issue, but they are not headed for a 'correction', says Andrew Garthwaite at Credit Suisse. Read More
Friday 14 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Airbnb's value of holiday bookings soared by 52% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021 to reach $10.3bn as some countries eased their coronavirus restrictions. Read More
Friday 14 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Dogecoin soared more than 40% to a price of 55 cents on Friday according to Coin Metrics data, immediately after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted about the cryptocurrency. Read More
Thursday 13 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Jobless claims fell yet again in the week ended 8 May, according to the Labor Department, slipping from January's peak of about 900,000 to a new pandemic-era low of 473,000. Read More
Thursday 13 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Bitcoin was unloved in overnight trading after Elon Musk voiced concern about the energy used that was increasingly needed to mine the cryptocurrency. Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - The Biden administration has given the green light for the construction and operation of the 800 megawatt (MW) Vineyard Wind 1 project, the first major offshore wind farm in the US. Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - MoneyGram is teaming up with cryptocurrency exchange Coinme to allow crypto holders to cash in their investments at locations across the US. Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - April's consumer price index rose 4.2% year-on-year, according to the Labor Department, ahead of estimates for a print of 3.6% and the fastest pace of increase since September 2008. Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Business organisations from some of the world's richest economies have called on G7 leaders to collaborate closely as they rebuild the global economy post Covid-19 and tackle the "s... Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - China's money supply growth slowed quickly last month as economic authorities tightened monetary and fiscal policy. Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - The European Commission upgraded its forecasts for growth on Wednesday, citing fiscal support, progress in the Covid-19 vaccination programme and easing restrictions. Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Industrial production nudged only marginally higher in the Eurozone at the end of the first quarter, coming in well below forecasts, official data showed on Wednesday. Read More
Wednesday 12 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - The US Department of Defence announced it would be remove Chinese tech company Xiaomi from a government blacklist. Read More
Tuesday 11 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - The debate around whether the US central bank's policies were too 'accommodative' or not and the cost-benefit trade off attached to them was continued on Tuesday. Read More
Tuesday 11 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Job vacancies in the US were at their highest level in two decades in March, exceeding the pace of hiring by 2.0m, the most on record. Read More
Tuesday 11 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - China's Atour is looking into a potential initial public offering in the US that could value the hotel chain at $2bn. Read More
Tuesday 11 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Opec reiterated its 2021 forecasts for world oil demand on Tuesday, as it nudged its predictions for global economic growth higher. Read More
Tuesday 11 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Both small and large US businesses moved to increase wages and benefits as part of an effort to attract workers amid rising demand for their goods and services, according to the Nat... Read More
Tuesday 11 May 2021
(Sharecast News) - Top tech giants Apple, Microsoft and Google joined top chip-makers in calling for the US government to subsidise chip manufacturing amid a global supply shortage. Read More
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