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Whimpers of growth in China after months of malaise haven’t convinced many consumers, experts, and investors that the economy is getting stronger. Barron’s has tracked sentiment throughout the postpandemic period through follow-up…

The autumn equinox is supposed to bring equilibrium, but the market feels anything but balanced. Thankfully, the market’s spooky season might be ending as October begins. It sure doesn’t feel like it. The Dow Jones…

It’s back to the future for interest rates.The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield briefly breached the 4.5% level this past week, which was widely noted to be the highest level since 2007. That makes it seem as if this were something…

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The likelihood of industrial action at three Australian liquefied natural gas facilities is increasing, but the question for the market is what is the potential impact on the supply of the…

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 14 (Reuters) - In five years' time the U.S. government's annual interest bill on its debt is projected to reach $1 trillion, or 3% of GDP - impending fiscal catastrophe, as the first figure might imply, or…

Misery may love company, but it’s bad for your investment health.The company part is easy to prove. Just look at the Cure, those 1980s-era musical purveyors of doom and gloom who recently finished up a very profitable summer tour. While…

Stocks have soared, and Wall Street is raising its S&P 500 targets. Please do your best to ignore them.The week began with a number of strategists lifting their forecasts for the S&P 500 index.…

Text size The jobless rate fell back to 3.5% in July, matching the halcyon days…

News doesn’t make the markets, the markets make the news. This maxim of traders is humbling, but yet instructive, to any financial journalist. Yields on U.S. Treasury bonds have leapt in recent days, which the popular media ascribes to…

Vladimir Putin is signaling he really does mean to exit the Ukraine grain deal this time. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, as the accord is formally known, enabled Ukraine to maintain more-or-less normal exports of wheat, corn, and other…