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15 May، 2025
The three major US stock indexes registered declines at the opening of trading today, Thursday, May 15. The S&P 500 index lost ground after three consecutive sessions of gains, coinciding with negative US economic data. Companies continue to report their first-quarter results. In economic data, data released by the US Census Bureau showed a rise in US retail sales in...
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15 May، 2025
Data released just moments ago from the US Census Bureau showed a rise in US retail sales in April, exceeding market expectations. Sales rose to $724.1 billion, a 0.1% increase compared to March's reading of 1.4% (expected 0.0%), and a 5.2% year-over-year increase. Core sales, excluding auto prices, fell 0.1% in April, compared to a 0.5% increase in March. Sales...
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15 May، 2025
Preliminary estimates from the UK Office for National Statistics showed that UK gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2% month-on-month in March, compared to 0.5% growth in February. This was better than expected, with the services sector primarily benefiting from growth. On a quarterly basis, the UK economy grew by 0.7% in the first quarter of the year ending in...
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14 May، 2025
Crude oil prices are trading lower in mid-US trading today, Wednesday, May 14, despite recovering a significant portion of the losses recorded at the beginning of the European session following OPEC's monthly report. Inventory figures came in contrary to expectations, with Brent crude falling by about 0.80% to trade at $66.10 a barrel, while US crude (NYMEX) is trading...
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14 May، 2025
The US dollar index continued its decline for the second consecutive session on Wednesday morning, May 14, losing approximately 0.60%, trading at 100.20, following a 0.80% loss on Tuesday. This wiped out all of the gains it recorded in the opening session of the week, due to the trade agreement between China and the United States. This decline was influenced...
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13 May، 2025
Data released just moments ago by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation, rose 0.2% in April after declining by about 0.1% in March, falling short of expectations for a 0.3% increase. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.2% compared to 0.1% in March, matching expectations....
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13 May، 2025
After declining in April, the ZEW Business Sentiment Index in Germany rose by 39.2 points in the May survey to 25.2, from -14 in April, better than expectations of a rise to 10.7. The index rose in May despite a 0.8-point decline in the assessment of the current economic situation in Germany, to -82, the lowest reading among all eurozone...
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13 May، 2025
Asian markets closed higher on Tuesday, May 13, with the exception of the Hang Seng Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which snapped an eight-session winning streak. Japan's Nikkei Index posted gains for the fourth consecutive session, supported by Wall Street's gains of more than 3%, fueled by optimism about a deal with China. The world's two largest economies...
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12 May، 2025
The world's two largest economies, the United States and China, announced an agreement to temporarily halt their trade war by suspending tariffs imposed by both sides for 90 days. Under the agreement, China will reduce tariffs imposed on the United States from 125% to 10%, while the United States will reduce its tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%....
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9 May، 2025
The Canadian economy added 7,400,000 jobs in April, according to data released just moments ago by Statistics Canada, compared to a loss of approximately 32,000 jobs in March and February, better than expectations of approximately 4,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate rose 0.2% to 6.9% in April, compared to 6.7% in March. Expectations had been for a rise to...
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