Patricia Franklin

Oil headed for its deepest annual loss since the pandemic in 2020, with prices undermined by concerns about a punishing surplus that's set to dominate market sentiment and trading into the new year.

Silver prices are heating up as China plans new export restrictions. Here’s what beginner traders need to know about supply, demand, and market volatility.

The November CPI report creates more questions than answers about the recent pace of price growth. Consumer prices rose 2.7% in the 12 months ending in November, materially below our expectations for a 3.0% gain.

The job market is weak enough to warrant another quarter-point rate cut in December, though action beyond that depends on an upcoming flood of data delayed by the government shutdown, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Monday.

On Nov. 3, Fed Governor Lisa Cook made her first public remarks about the economy since the Trump firestorm began in late August.

A fresh wave of conflict erupted as Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement initiated to stabilize the region.

Canada’s statistics agency says it hasn’t received any data on US imports of Canadian goods for September, raising the possibility that it won’t be able to proceed with a scheduled release of trade figures on Nov 4.

New Zealand’s central bank has learned lessons from the post-pandemic bout of fast inflation and is now better placed to respond to future shocks, chief economist Paul Conway said.

Gold held a decline — but remained near an all-time high — as traders weighed positive US economic data and divergent views by Federal Reserve officials this week that clouded the path for interest-rate cuts.