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Highlights: US retail sales dipped 0.3% in May as auto purchases fell sharply. Despite a drop in auto sales, spending in gas stations surged, pointing toward a rising fuel cost. Restaurant sales, the Commerce Department’s only services c...

US homeowners have currently more equity, which has touched the highest level ever. A Federal Reserve data reveals that US home equity grew almost 20% in the first quarter of 2022 to US$27.8 shattering the previous record. Data showed that tappabl...

Highlights Postal service providers, including Australia Post, have announced massive bumps to their surcharge fees. High fuel and transportation costs emanating from Russia-Ukraine war have made things tougher for postal service providers. Th...

Highlights: Eroding inflation data has opened the door to a three-quarter-percentage point interest rate increase. Fed officials had earlier said they were considering a second straight half-point rate increase at the June 14-15 policy meeting....

Highlights: The sale of luxury homes in the US fell the most since the pandemic broke out. Wealthy buyers recoil due to inflation, economic uncertainty, and a bearish stock market. Nassau County on New York’s Long Island saw the biggest ...

U.S. consumer prices accelerated in May as gasoline prices hit a record high and the cost of services rose further, suggesting that the Federal Reserve could continue with its 50 basis points interest rate hikes through September to combat inflatio...

LONDON: Major central banks are racing to ditch post-pandemic stimulus and picking up the pace of interest rate hikes to get on top of surging inflation. The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday became the latest to deliver a hawkish surprise with a...

Highlights: US retailers cut prices to clear heavily stocked inventory. The services industry kept inflation hot as prices went above pre-pandemic levels. The CPI data to come out on Friday kept investors edgy. Amid the rising inflation i...

US household wealth declines for first time since 2020 Highlights: US household wealth dropped in the first quarter of 2022, the first time since 2020. US household net worth fell to US$149.3 trillion from a historic US$149.8 trillion at the end...

Highlights: Wyoming-based crypto bank, Custodia has sued the Federal Reserve for blocking its access to Fed’s Masters Accounts. The lawsuit states that the central bank sat on Custodia’s application for 19 months without taking any ...