Economic performance will determine when the Federal Reserve finally raises U.S. interest rates from near zero, an influential Fed official said on Monday, adding he hopes to tighten policy later this year. “We have to see what unfolds,” New York Fed President William Dudley said in a speech that repeated cautious optimism that the U.S. economy will continue to expand and that inflation will begin to firm later this year.
Oil prices fell to under $63 a barrel on Monday after Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said production in the world’s biggest crude exporter would stay near record peaks.
The bank’s trading business, like those of its main rivals, got a boost in the quarter after the Swiss central bank scrapped a cap on the franc, the European Central Bank announced its quantitative easing program and the U.S. Federal Reserve took steps toward tightening monetary policy. Morgan Stanley capped a mostly strong quarter for the big U.S. banks with its 60 percent rise in net profit, followed by Goldman
Revenue fell by 4 percent to $7.05 billion in the first quarter, but beat analysts’ average expectation of $6.96 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, helped by strength in the Middle East and Asia and Latin America. North America, which accounted for more than half the company’s first-quarter revenue, “experienced an unprecedented decline in drilling activity,” Chief Executive Dave Lesar said in a statement. The average U.S. rig count has
Stocks could chop around and rack up more losses in the week ahead, with the next wave of corporate earnings reports.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pakistan on Monday for a two-day visit in which he is expected to announce $45 billion worth of investment projects in energy and infrastructure development. Pakistani …
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