• Dec 04, 2024

OPEC+ Braces for a Much Longer Mission to Defend Oil Prices

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC+ is accepting that its mission to defend oil prices will drag on much longer than expected.Most Read from BloombergKansas City Looks Back on its Long, Costly Ride With MicrotransitNYC’s Run-Down Bus Terminal Gets Approval for $10 Billion RevampAs Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban DestructionRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic JamsAt an online gathering on Thursday, the group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed for a third time to delay th

  • Dec 04, 2024

From outsider to the Oval Office, bitcoin surges as a new administration embraces crypto

Born from the ashes of the 2008 global financial crisis, bitcoin arrived after trust had withered in the financial system and in Washington's ability to protect those who must participate in it. Now, it's Washington's very embrace of bitcoin that's helping to send its price to records and lining the pockets of its believers. Bitcoin briefly surged above $103,000 after President-elect Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Paul Atkins, a former regulator who's seen as friendly to crypto, as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • Dec 04, 2024

Tariffs under first Trump term hurt US firms, NY Fed analysis says

Import tariffs during President-elect Donald Trump's first term broadly lowered stock values on the day they were unveiled, and were associated with lower future profits, sales and employment for the firms whose equity prices were hit the hardest, new analysis by Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff concluded. Firms exposed to trade with China in particular, about half of publicly listed companies, saw bigger stock market losses on days when import tariffs were announced during 2018 and 2019, and over the ensuing two years saw profits, for example, that were about 13% lower than others.

  • Dec 04, 2024

Bitcoin zooms past $100K mark for the first time

Bitcoin prices have been on the rise this year, and the cryptocurrency has reached the $100,000 price point for the first time on Wednesday. The cryptocurrency's price has jumped more than 5% in the last 24 hours. The latest rally began with the election of Donald Trump as president, as he promised a more crypto-friendly regime than current president Joe Biden.