Europe has increased the stimulus, with countries like France launching larger-than-expected packages to boost the economy. Philippe Lopez / Getty Images Text size While the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US and China has been largely focused, Europe has quietly progressed. Policy makers have come together and worked …
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A growing number of prominent Wall Street institutions are making the prediction that 2020 will be the year for Europe’s stock market to overshadow its American counterpart as the coronavirus takes divergent paths across the two economic powers. Despite the United States struggling to curb the deadly COVID-19 disease, the …
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Could average mortgage rates fall below 3%? If the recent trend continues, it is a clear possibility. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.07% for the week ending July 2, six basis points less than the week before, Freddie Mac FMCC, + 1.59% reported Thursday. In comparison, these loans had an …
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The numbers: New claims for traditional unemployment benefits continued a slow and steady decline in late June, moving in the right direction, but at a slow pace showing that the labor market is still struggling to recover after the biggest wave of layoffs in the United States history. Initial jobless …
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Hope for the COVID-19 vaccine and optimism ahead of employment data are boosting stocks as a long holiday weekend of July 4 awaits US investors. But as cities and businesses roll back reopens, some suggest caution with June payrolls (weekly jobless figures are coming, too). Christopher Dembik, head of macroeconomic …
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