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China Takes Drastic Measures To Shield Economy From Real Estate Storm
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 8:46am | 744China is pulling out all the stops in response to the brewing storm within its real estate sector, aiming to prevent the cascading impact from reaching other sectors and economies. On a recent note, the world’s second-largest economy has issued a directive to prominent state-owned banks,...
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Markets Tumble On Chinese Growth Fears as Goldman Slashes Growth Forecast
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 8:23am | 948Markets tumbled overnight on fears that China's slowdown will produce the much dreaded hard landing as economists at Goldman Sachs cut the growth forecasts for the emerging market economy. Chinese shares fell over 5 percent while copper tumbled to a new 2013 low on global growth fears. Slowing...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Tuesday, April 16
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 6:31am | 1090Futures Higher After Two-Day Wall St. Sell Off U.S. equity futures bounced back higher in early pre-market trade following two days of steep declines. Key earnings from multiple industries should drive the market Tuesday. Top News In other news around the markets: The German ZEW Economic...
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Benzinga Market Primer, Friday November 30
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 8:09am | 839Futures Flat on Budget Negotiations U.S. equity futures were flat in pre-market trading Friday as Congressional leaders continue to search for a resolution to the fiscal cliff. Republican leaders rejected a plan submitted by President Obama, citing it as a rehash of former plans, but Treasury...