Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Oil declines due to concerns about the recession, despite restricted supply

Oil

Both contracts are set for their second straight weekly loss. Brent’s $10.73 drop was the third biggest for the contract since 1988. U.S. crude inventories (USOILC=ECI) rose by 8.2 million barrels in the week to July 1. Oil costs sneaked through the Asian exchange on Friday as downturn fears kept on burdening opinion, however, stresses … Read more

Asian markets rise as Biden ‘considers’ lifting China tariffs

Asian

Asian stocks rose Monday after US President Joe Biden said he become considering lifting some Trump-technology exchange tariffs imposed on China, although concerns over inflation and increase weighed on sentiment. Tariffs on hundreds of billions of bucks of Chinese imports are due to expire in July, and Biden has confronted developing calls to get rid of the … Read more

Asian, European stocks down as inflation fears churn markets

European stocks

Asian and European equities slumped on Thursday following Wall Street’s lead, after a key US document renewed fears of inflation and a tightening of economic policies. Stocks were volatile for a great deal of 2022, fuelled via China’s Covid-19 lockdowns, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and surging inflation that has dampened patron sentiment. Investors had been looking … Read more

NatWest back in black as economy recovers from Covid pandemic

natwest

LONDON: Britain’s NatWest bank has said that it surged back into annual profit last year as the economy recovered from Covid, and forecast it stands to gain from rising interest rates. The lender, which is majority-owned by the government, said in a statement that net profit hit £2.95 billion ($4 billion, 3.5 billion euros) in … Read more