SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 06: Pedestrians and shoppers move along George Street on December 06, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia’s inflation rate soared to 4.09% in the first quarter, marking its highest level in more than two years. The first-quarter inflation figure was lower than the…
An electronic stock board inside the Kabuto One building in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday, after Wall Street declined overnight as investors assess the latest developments concerning OPEC, as well as a report that pointed to weakness in…
European airlines will fail if the price of jet fuel remains elevated over the summer, the CEO of budget airline Ryanair warned. Speaking to CNBC on Thursday, CEO Michael O’Leary said that his airline was protected because it had hedged 80% of its fuel but predicted “real failures” for other airlines if the price of…
Efforts by Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh to satisfy President Donald Trump‘s demands for lower interest rates look likely to be stymied by high oil prices and inflation, according to respondents to the latest CNBC Fed Survey. Respondents on average are not fully pricing a single rate cut this year. Just 58% of the 26…
The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will exit OPEC on May 1, in a major blow to the cartel that coordinates production among many of the world’s largest oil producers. The UAE’s shock announcement comes after the Gulf state was the target of Iranian missile and drone attacks for weeks. Tehran’s blockade of…
Tiina Lee, the CEO of Citi U.K., expects global growth to remain resilient this year, telling CNBC that a “recessionary environment” is “not our base case.” Markets have continued to perform in an orderly way, despite the economic and geopolitical upheaval caused by the Iran conflict, which entered its 60th day on Tuesday, Lee said….
The BP refinery in Lingen, Germany (aerial view with a drone). Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images British energy major BP on Tuesday reported that first-quarter profits more than doubled from a year ago, following a surge in oil and gas prices driven by the Middle East conflict. The oil giant posted underlying…
The yen rose on Monday, helped by comments from Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda who left the door open to a near-term rate hike. Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s central bank kept its policy rate steady at 0.75% on Tuesday, while revising its inflation estimates upwards as the Iran war raises…
Alexander Manzyuk | Reuters Oil prices edged higher Tuesday as investors parsed fresh signals from U.S.-Iran negotiations, with uncertainty over a potential de-escalation keeping markets on edge. West Texas Intermediate futures rose 0.66% to $97.03 per barrel while international benchmark Brent oil futures added 0.44% to $108.67 a barrel. The higher prices came as U.S….
A pedestrian walks past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on March 23, 2026. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump and his national security team on…
