Gold edged lower on Wednesday due to a stronger dollar, while investors awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting and U.S. jobs report that could shed more light on the central ...

Inflation is set to have eased sharply last month, offering some relief to households and a boost for the Government, experts think. Most economists think the rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) ...

Impending layoff notices across much of the U.S. surged in October, highlighting signs of stress in the job market. Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland shows that 39,006 Americans last ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Tuesday that he had "frank" talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in their first one-on-one meeting on the day. "We had a frank and good conversation ...

What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Klimt painting have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first sale out of its new US headquarters in New York on Tuesday evening in a buzzy, ...

Gold futures are attempting to stabilise above the 4000 level after a sharp pullback, with early signs that a short-term rebound may be forming. Options markets show medium-term bullish positioning, ...

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show workers received an average base pay increase of 3.4 per cent over the year to September, in line with the previous quarter and economist forecasts.

There is a frenetic, sweaty-palm feel to the United States economy lately. Markets are looking frothy and consumers are anxious, and meanwhile the gambling and stock markets are converging as people ...

The New Zealand dollar’s characteristics have shifted over the past fortnight, no longer trading like a risk asset as was the case entering November. Unusually, it’s not demonstrating any strong ...

Rates are looking at the souring sentiment in stock markets and reacted with a bull steepening with bellies of the curve slightly outperforming. The 10y US Treasury yield remains near 4.1%, ...

The seasonally adjusted Wage Price Index (WPI) rose 0.8% this quarter. Over the twelve months to the September 2025 quarter, the WPI rose 3.4%. The private sector rose 0.7% and the public sector rose ...