Four major events over the next 13 trading sessions will be the key catalysts in determining whether this year’s stock-market revival gets derailed or starts rolling again after a February slump.
Austria’s Socialist Party retained leadership of the Carinthia state legislature, yet its support faltered as the group struggled to counter resurgent anti-immigration rhetoric.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said last week’s reelection loss of his Chicago counterpart is a “warning sign for the country” and that fellow Democrats ignore the issue of crime at the party’s peril.
US job growth probably moderated last month after a blistering January pace, while the unemployment rate likely held at a 53-year low, illustrating a labor market that’s proved mostly impervious to the Federal Reserve’s massive interest-rate hikes.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala pledged to keep cutting record pandemic-era budget deficits even if it hurts the government’s popularity, after lawmakers approved a contentious bill to slow pension growth.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he intends to return this month to Brazil, where he faces multiple investigations, NBC News reported.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to echo fellow central bankers in suggesting interest rates will go higher than policymakers anticipated just weeks ago if economic data continue to come in hot.
Activity in Egypt’s non-oil economy contracted for a 27th month, with businesses seeing little prospect that high inflation and foreign-currency shortages will ease this year, a survey showed.
(Bloomberg) — Norway’s economy will grow at a slower pace than previously estimated, according to forecasts published by the finance ministry on Sunday.
Vietnam said companies facing a liquidity crunch can use other assets to make principal and interest payments on bonds if their debtholders agree.
