Analysis

Japanese government bonds edged up slightly on Friday, clawing back ground after a brutal week that saw yields on long-term debt hit historic highs. The rebound followed five straight days of selloffs, driven by inflation concerns, weak investor appetite, and rising anxiety over Japan’s ballooning f

ORLANDO, Florida, May 21 (Reuters) - Financial markets have had a fairly muted reaction to Moody's decision to strip the United States of its triple-A credit rating last week, fueling hopes that the action will do little long-term damage to U.S. asset prices, as was the case when the U.S. suffered i

TradingKey - As the world's largest economy, why does the U.S. keep facing fiscal challenges? What does losing the final AAA rating mean for U.S. Treasury bonds? And how will the so-called “bond vigilantes” respond?

LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - There are good reasons why markets took the latest U.S. credit rating downgrade on the chin, but that will offer cold comfort to investors warily eyeing the country's deteriorating fiscal health.

ORLANDO, Florida, May 19 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's tenure is up in a year, so as the central bank puts together its final framework under his leadership, it's useful to consider his legacy at the helm of arguably the world's most powerful financial entity.

TradingKey - The uncertainty of Trump’s tariff policies is disrupting global markets, making already volatile markets even more unpredictable. This paper analyses multi-assets, sectors, and individual stock strategies to identify reliable investment opportunities in an uncertain political...

LOS ANGELES/HONG KONG, May 16 (Reuters) - Container ship bookings for China-to-U.S. cargo have surged since the countries declared a 90-day truce on punitive tit-for-tat tariffs last weekend, operators said, spawning traffic jams at Chinese ports and factories that could take weeks to clear.

NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. sovereign downgrade by Moody's has exacerbated investor worries about a looming debt time-bomb that could spur bond market vigilantes who want to see more fiscal restraint from Washington.

TradingKey - When discussing U.S. inflation, the CPI (Consumer Price Index) and PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index) are considered the two most important indicators for measuring consumer inflation. The earlier release of CPI can influence PCE through price linkages, changes in...

BEIJING, May 16 (Reuters) - Chinese worker Liu Shengzun lost two jobs in just one month as U.S. import tariffs shot up to triple digits in April, forcing a Guangdong lighting products factory, and then a footwear maker, to reduce output.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - The banking industry is optimistic that U.S. regulators will soon move to change how much capital they set aside against typically safe investments, particularly after the turmoil in Treasury markets last month.

May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rebounded moderately in April, but inflation is likely to pick up in the months as tariffs boost the cost of imported goods.The consumer price index CPI increased 0.2% last month after dipping 0.1% in March, which was the first decline since May 2020, the Labo

BEIJING/MEXICO CITY/HANOI, May 13 (Reuters) - A new U.S.-China agreement to pause sky-high tariffs on each other is pressuring manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam and Mexico to make their own, better deals with the U.S. to continue benefiting from a "China-plus-one" strategy by global producers.

HONG KONG, May 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Doomsday has been undone, for now. Forty days after President Donald Trump announced his reckless reciprocal tariffs in the White House Rose Garden, leading to a full-blown U.S.-China trade war with triple-digit levies...

TradingKey - Market consensus forecasts the April Headline CPI year-over-year (YoY) growth at 2.4%, unchanged from March. However, our analysis of leading indicators across CPI components suggests that April inflation will come in below this consensus estimate.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - China and the United States start their first major Trade War Two meeting on Saturday to pull back from what analysts describe as a lose-lose situation for their economies, without much clarity on what a win would look like for either side.

TradingKey – With the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passing the budget resolution for President Donald Trump's second administration (Trump 2.0), his fiscal blueprint—centered on tax cuts, slashing government spending, and debt reduction—is moving forward. However, with federal debt at...

SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Solar panel makers in Laos and Indonesia, mostly owned by Chinese firms, boosted their share in the U.S. market after steep tariffs hit exports from other Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia and Thailand, trade data showed.

LONDON/WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain announced a deal to lower tariffs on some goods on Thursday, with U.S. levies on cars and steel being cut and both sides gaining better access to agriculture markets. Below are some of the main points from the agreement:BASIC 10% TAR

May 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but said the risks of both higher inflation and unemployment had risen, further clouding the economic outlook as the U.S. central bank grapples with the impact of Trump administration tariff policies.The economy overall ha