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 …
Read More »Here’s why America’s struggles with the coronavirus could lead to Europe’s stock market taking the lead.
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 …
Read More »Airlines are taking new bailout cash as prospects worsen
Text size Daniel Slim / AFP via Getty Images American Airlines Group and other companies are queuing for more rescue funds under the Care Act, as the industry faces an increasingly precarious situation due to an increase in coronavirus cases. Five major airlines signed a letter of intent with the …
Read More »Mortgage rates reached a new all-time low before the weekend of July 4
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 …
Read More »Pfizer’s shares rise as the company reveals the timeline for the coronavirus vaccine.
Text size Daniel Acker / Bloomberg Shares of the large pharmaceutical company Pfizer continue to rise one day after the company revealed promising and detailed data on a trial of its experimental vaccine Covid-19. Analysts said the highly aggressive timeline the company outlined on Wednesday was exciting, but far from …
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