U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Slightly in Tight Labor Market

[ad_1] Initial jobless claims rose to a seasonally adjusted 230,000 last week, near the 2019 weekly average when the labor market was also robust. [ad_2] Source link

Opinion | A Weak Yen Is Dragging Japan Down

[ad_1] Despite strengthening relative to the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, the currency’s real value is at a 50-year low. [ad_2] Source link

High Oil Prices Lift Saudi Arabia, Bolster Prince’s Economic Plans

[ad_1] World Middle East A bonanza of extra revenue shows how high crude prices are benefiting the Persian Gulf’s resource-rich economies [ad_2] Source link

What China’s Covid-19 Reopening Means for Markets

[ad_1] Markets Streetwise The danger is a repeat of the economic, financial and political swings that created a boom-bust cycle in the rest of the world [ad_2] Source link

Airbus’s Delivery Miss Is Scarier With Recession Looming

[ad_1] Orders for aircraft are booming, but plane makers are struggling to deliver them quickly. It could be a problem if a weakening economy ends up denting appetite for travel.…

Chinese Exports Fall at Steepest Pace in More Than Two Years

[ad_1] In an indication of how the country’s pandemic restrictions and waning global demand is hitting China’s economy, exports fell in November at the sharpest pace in over two years.…

Stocks Edge Lower as Investors Mull Path for Rates

[ad_1] Markets U.S. Markets Next week’s Federal Reserve decision and inflation figures could provide more clarity on interest rates [ad_2] Source link

What’s Going On With the Housing Market?

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Home sales have plunged. Buyers, facing the fastest-rising mortgage rates in decades, are scrapping their plans. And forecasters have rarely disagreed so much over…