
Data confirmed estimates that German GDP would shrink 0.1% Germany’s economy shrank slightly in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, statistics office data showed on Friday. The numbers confirmed an initial estimate, published at the end of October, which indicated that Europe’s largest economy had shrunk by 0.1%. (GRAPHIC FROM THE

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Russian state flag flies over the Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia, August 15, 2023. A sign reads: “Bank of Russia”. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian central bank said on Monday it would resume domestic foreign exchange market interventions from January 2024, taking into account FX purchases

Bank of America’s chief strategist, Michael Hartnett, has been busy since Friday, when he wrote in a note to clients that investors piled US$40 billion into equities over the past two weeks, which has helped the S&P500 to its best monthly performance, so far, since July 2022. He noted, though that signs of caution have

A North American unit of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) was hit by ransomware this week. READ TOO The cyber attack disrupted some Chinese bank systems, reportedly hitting the liquidity of US Treasury bonds, which may have contributed to a brief market sell-off on Thursday (9). New York-based ICBC Financial Services