• Dec 03, 2024

S.Korea authorities vow to stabilize markets as parliament votes to lift martial law

South Korea's finance minister said on Wednesday the government would deploy all possible measures to stabilize financial markets if needed after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an emergency national address. "We will mobilize all possible financial and foreign exchange market stabilization measures, including unlimited liquidity injections," Choi Sang-mok said in an emergency meeting with top economic officials in Seoul. South Korea's parliament, with 190 of its 300 members present, passed a motion on Wednesday requiring the martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol to be lifted, live TV showed.

  • Dec 03, 2024

US labor market steadily cooling amid higher job openings, low layoffs

U.S. job openings increased solidly in October while layoffs dropped by the most in 1-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion. But the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, from the Labor Department on Tuesday also showed employers hesitant to hire more workers. The historically low level of layoffs is anchoring the labor market and the broader economy through higher wages that are driving consumer spending.