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An aggressive 50-basis-point reduction in interest rates makes sense.

Chinese stocks fell to the lowest since January 2019, a grim reflection of how investors have lost faith over a recovery in the country’s earnings and economy.

China’s economy lost momentum in August as activity cooled across the board, pointing to mounting risks to achieving the government’s annual growth target.

Back in January, Premier Li Qiang trumpeted China’s success in exceeding its 2023 growth goal without resorting to “massive stimulus.” Repeating the same feat this year now looks less likely.

The stock market has recovered most of the losses suffered in its summer selloff. While the S&P 500 Index has bounced back before, this time is unique because it isn’t being led by Big Tech — instead it’s everyone else’s turn.

The central bank’s first interest-rate cut is widely expected on Wednesday, but investors are more focused on what will happen immediately after the announcement.

The European Central Bank should be able to continue to ease policy, but must be mindful of consumer-price growth, according to Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch.

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Growth in the world's second-largest economy has slowed after a disappointing recovery from Covid-19.

Die Wien Energie will ab 2025 nur noch Gas aus nicht russischen Quellen auf dem Gasmarkt kaufen. Das betrifft sowohl die Belieferung der privaten und gewerblichen Kunden als auch den Betrieb von Kraftwerken und Fernwärme. Mehrkosten sollen für die Kundschaft nicht entstehen.

China halted some of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s business for six months for its role in auditing China Evergrande Group.

A record share of households are uncertain about the US economic outlook, most expect inflation to take a bigger chunk of their incomes and the likelihood of a comfortable retirement is the lowest in a decade.

Highly imperfect payrolls data include the prospect that the US is generating almost no jobs. It’s time for policymakers to get moving.

US consumer sentiment rose to a four-month high in early September, helped by the tamest short-term inflation expectations since the end of 2020 and prospects for lower borrowing costs.

Bond traders are once again ramping up wagers on a half-point interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week, just days after that bet seemed all-but-over.

The US housing market just had its worst spring selling season in a dozen years.

Nach einem mutmaßlichen neuen Attentatsversuch auf Donald Trump am Sonntag in Florida ist der Präsidentschaftskandidat in Sicherheit. Die Bundespolizei FBI geht davon aus, dass ein mit einem Sturmgewehr bewaffneter Mann Trump beim Golfspielen in dessen Club in West Palm Beach im US-Bundesstaat Florida erschießen wollte. Trump blieb unverletzt, der Verdächtige wurde festgenommen.

Clues on when the European Central Bank will next cut interest rates were in short supply on Thursday, with President Christine Lagarde and colleagues awaiting data on how drastically the economy is deteriorating — and how that will shift inflation.

Former Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said there’s scope for a half-point rate cut at the central bank’s meeting next week.

China will raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, a move likely to slow a decline in the labor force and support the economy.

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Die Ukraine verlangt von den USA und Großbritannien die Erlaubnis für den Einsatz von Raketen gegen Ziele auf russischem Gebiet. Russland sieht einen derartigen Waffeneinsatz als Kriegsbeteiligung. Alle Ukraine-Entwicklungen im Ticker.

Applications for US unemployment benefits ticked up for the first time in three weeks, consistent with a gradual slowdown in hiring.

US producer prices picked up only slightly in August after the previous month’s numbers were revised lower, and categories that feed into the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge were muted.