• Apr 04, 2025

Bank of Canada Seen Making Deeper Cuts as Stocks Drop and Job Losses Mount

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Canada is expected to cut interest rates more deeply as US President Donald Trump’s tariff barrage sends world markets into a tailspin and data show the Canadian job market already taking damage.Most Read from BloombergHousing Agency Aims to Relocate Its DC HeadquartersMetro-North Is Faster Than Acela on NYC-New Haven Route After Signal UpdatesLocal Governments Vie for Fired Federal WorkersWhat Would ‘Transportation Abundance’ Look Like?London Clears Final Hurdle for M

  • Apr 04, 2025

Fed's Waller says stablecoins bring benefits to US payments system

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Friday that stablecoins are a good thing for the U.S. payments system, but he doubts the financial system can support a large number of these assets. "I'll say I'm a personal, big advocate of stablecoins," Waller said at a New York Fed event. "I have been saying this for over three-plus years now, about how this could bring competition, efficiency and speed into the payments system."

  • Apr 04, 2025

US oil rig count rises to highest since June, Baker Hughes says

(Reuters) -U.S. energy firms this week cut the total number of rigs operating for a second week in a row, even as the number of oil rigs rose to the highest since June, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by two to 590 in the week to April 4. Baker Hughes said this week's decline put the total rig count down 30 rigs, or 5% below this time last year.

  • Apr 04, 2025

Think twice before bailing out of the stock market, financial advisers say

The huge swings rocking Wall Street and the global economy may feel far from normal. Stomaching them is the price investors have had to pay in order to get the bigger returns that stocks can offer over other investments in the long term. Here's a glimpse at what's behind the market's wild moves and what experts advise investors young and old to consider: HOW BAD IS THE MARKET?