The Fed and ECB are likely to hold rates steady in October, while keeping December hikes on the table. Persistent inflation and resilient growth support further monetary tightening. French bond market tensions could constrain the Read more…
Fed, ECB and BoJ to sit on the sidelines after September hikes. But RBNZ and BoC poised to lift borrowing costs. Inflation data out of the US, Japan, Australia to also be important. UK budget: Read more…
Financial markets have seen somewhat increasing volatility this week, as worries remain regarding public finances in France, the oil price continues to increase, and some doubts are creeping in about the sustainability of the AI-related Read more…
Retail sales bounced back in August, pointing to a resilient Q3. Retail sales rose 1.2% month-on-month (m/m) in August, only slightly below Statistics Canada’s advance estimate for 1.3%. Sales were equally strong in volume terms, Read more…
Research from the Center for Responsible Lending‘s (CRL) Julian Bond Institute found that paycheck advance apps have triple-digit Annual Percentage Rates (APRs) in every state. The national average of a typical direct-to-consumer transaction is equivalent Read more…
Not many restaurant chains can boast surviving more than 90 years. Over such a long run, a brand must weather everything from economic recessions to shifting consumer tastes. Friendly’s is one of the few that Read more…
Maybe you got lucky on Oct. 22. You stopped at your usual filling station and found the price for a gallon of gas was down a little. Not everyone was able to experience that modest Read more…
Americans are undergoing what’s being deemed “The Great Wealth Transfer,” the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. Cerulli expects that wealth transferred “through 2048 will total $124 trillion,” with $105 trillion going to heirs, and Read more…
The immediate equity-market retreat may be stabilizing, but geopolitical and sovereign risks have yet to ease materially. Oil markets are increasingly concerned with reports of possible US-Israeli strikes against Iran after the November 3 midterm Read more…
TL;DR A Reddit user has transformed a first-gen Amazon Echo Show 5 into a wireless Apple CarPlay display. The setup uses LineageOS and DiPlay and requires no external dongle or Wi-Fi network. With a few Read more…