Mario Draghi’s policy tools are being blunted in Berlin. The European Central Bank president has stopped short of large-scale sovereign-bond purchases as efforts to mollify Germany’s political elite do little to silence criticism of his ever-more expansionary measures...
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FRANKFURT--German exports in August suffered their biggest monthly fall since January 2009, adding to a recent spate of dismal economic indicators from Europe's largest economy, data from the country's Federal Statistics Office showed Thursday. Exports plunged by 5...
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More than 8,000 people signed a petition last year on Change.org urging Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger to “Save Disneyland Paris...
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Treasury 30-year bond yields traded at almost the lowest level since May 2013 before the Federal Reserve releases minutes of its latest policy meeting...
There are many ways to measure the deepening financial crisis spreading across Russia. The ruble is sinking more than any other currency in the world, foreign reserves have plunged to a four-year low and the economy is teetering toward recession. Galina Mityaeva measures it in centimeters...
European stocks fell to the lowest level in eight weeks, while German government bonds rose and oil declined amid concern the global economy is weakening. Turkish stocks slid as clashes broke out near its Syrian border. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index (INDEXCF) lost 0.9 percent at 11:13 a.m...
PARIS--The French economy returned to only slight growth in the third quarter of this year and business sentiment remains weak, a survey by the Bank of France indicated Wednesday. The monthly survey by the central bank forecasts that the eurozone's second largest economy expanded 0...
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — It’s ugly out there for the stock market, which means that gold bugs are finally catching some relief as prices on Wednesday were poised to make it three positive sessions in a row for the struggling metal. At last check, gold for December delivery GCZ4, +0...
On Wednesday, both the Japanese yen and the Australian dollar declined in Asia with China markets back to action after a week-long holiday...
Gold climbed from this year’s low in London as the dollar descended from a four-year high, platinum rose from a five-year low. Investors await Asian buyers to return from a holiday...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Gold’s $20 plunge on Friday was accompanied by a big increase in bullishness among gold timers. That’s just the opposite of what you would expect, since the normal pattern is for gold timers’ bullishness to rise and fall in lockstep with the market...
On Tuesday, global stocks were mostly lower, after Wall Street edged down and the World Bank trimmed its Asian growth forecast...
MOSCOW--The Bank of Russia has intervened to shore up the ruble, shifting the currency's trading corridor again following its drop to record lows Monday on foreign-exchange markets, according to latest data from the central bank...
Samsung Electronics Co. gained on Tuesday and led technology companies higher causing emerging-market stocks climb for a third day. Chinese mobile companies rebounded, according to Bloomberg...
Crude-oil futures remained subdued on Tuesday with prices moving in a narrow trading range. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in November CLX4, +0.11% traded at $90.27 a barrel, down 7 cents in the Globex electronic session...
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Bank of Japan kept its policy unchanged Tuesday as widely expected, adding no new easing...
