The December jobs report has sparked significant concerns in financial markets. It revealed a disconnect between the Federal ...

Over the quarter, Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund fared better than its benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index. Read more here.

The forecast for unemployment is that it will rise slightly from its current rate of 4.2% to 4.3% by year-end of 2025. Thus, there is no expectation of a hard landing. However, if unemployment doesn’t ...

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Tuesday, as investors took comfort from a softer-than-expected producer inflation report ...

At 15:00 GMT, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid delivers a speech about the US economic and monetary ...

Traders scaled back their bets for South Africa’s interest rate cuts this year, with markets now pricing in only one cut for ...

As mentioned, mortgage rates haven't fallen in line with the Fed's rate cuts because they depend on factors beyond the agency's benchmark rate, such as the economy and 10-year Treasury bond yields.

Investors in the $13-trillion high-grade corporate bond market are zooming in on an unprecedented divergence between expected ...

Gold prices rose on Tuesday, helped by a softer U.S. dollar and inflationary risks posed by President-elect Donald Trump's ...

Quarterly reports from big banks are also highly anticipated later this week, with the lenders expected to report stronger ...

Sustained increases in borrowing costs make it harder to reduce deficits and stabilise or reduce public debt, all else equal.

The recent gold price behaviour has underlined its importance as a safe-haven asset as Trump takes office at White House next week.