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LONDON — The U.K. economy flatlined in February as widespread industrial action and persistently high inflation stymied activity. Data on Thursday showed a steady GDP in February, missing consensus expectations of 0.1% growth. Both the services and production sectors contracted, partly offset by a record 2.4% expansion in construction.  This followed an upwardly revised 0.4%

WASHINGTON – Fallout from the U.S. banking crisis is likely to tilt the economy into recession later this year, according to Federal Reserve documents released Wednesday. Minutes from the March meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee included a presentation from staff members on potential repercussions from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and other

Investing legend Warren Buffett believes there could be more bank failures down the road, but depositors should not ever be worried. “We’re not over bank failures, but depositors haven’t had a crisis,” the Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO told CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box” Wednesday from Tokyo. “Banks go bust. But depositors aren’t going

Tim Adams Anjali Sundaram | CNBC The banking sector turmoil that led to the collapse of several lenders was not a systemic crisis and has now subsided, according to Tim Adams, CEO of the Institute of International Finance. The fall of Silicon Valley Bank in early March — the largest banking failure since the global

Interest rate rises have increased banks’ vulnerabilities — and their response presents a significant risk to global growth, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist warned Tuesday. “We are concerned about what we have seen in the banking sector, particularly in the U.S. but maybe also in other countries, might do to growth in 2023,” Pierre-Olivier

In this article NYCB WGRO TSLA AKAM MHK WW WHR KMX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pipettes are seen at the Moderna Therapeutics Inc. lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Moderna this week started testing Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday

In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 2011. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Japanese trading houses rose in Tuesday afternoon trade after Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said he

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In this article 1211-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BYD’s Han electric car, pictured here at the 2021 Shanghai auto show, is one of the most popular new energy vehicles in China. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC SHENZHEN, China — Electric vehicle giant BYD is banking on new driver-assist technology to smooth out car rides

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In this article FDX LEVI RELL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Richardson Electronics – Shares rose about 0.7% after Richardson Electronics reported a smaller backlog in its third fiscal quarter than it did in the same quarter a

Demand for bond ETFs appears to be rising. According to MarketAxess CEO Chris Concannon, there are signs Treasury ETFs are on the cusp of substantial inflows. “We’re about to see what I’d call [a] bond renaissance,” the electronic-trading platform CEO told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “The Fed is still taking action, so I would

In this article .BBKA CSG.N-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 15: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 15, 2023 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Short sellers were sitting on more than $7 billion

In this article AI AMC LEVI XPO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A consumer shops in a Costco store in Miami on Sept. 28, 2021. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Costco — The wholesale retailer’s shares dropped 2.2% after the company announced sales dipped 1.1%

The logo of cryptocurrency exchange Binance displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Binance’s Australian derivatives license was canceled at the crypto exchange’s own request, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission said Thursday, after the regulator had begun a “targeted review of Binance” in February. Beginning April 14, Binance’s derivatives

In this article PLTR NVDA WAL JNJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Western Alliance Bancorporation logo is seen in this photo illustration on 13 March, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia – Shares of the chipmaker slid about

A screen displays the logo and trading info for Western Alliance Bancorporation on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Shares of Western Alliance Bancorp cut steep losses Wednesday after the regional bank gave a new update showing deposit outflows stabilizing

The U.K. finance sector made minimal headway in closing the gender pay gap last year, with some banks stalling — or even undoing — progress, according to new data. Glyn Kirk | Afp | Getty Images The U.K. finance sector made minimal headway in closing the gender pay gap last year, with some banks stalling

Newly appointed UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti (R) speaks with UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher during a press conference in Zurich on March 29, 2023. Arnd Wiegmann | Afp | Getty Images UBS will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday morning against a fraught political backdrop, following its takeover of fallen rival Credit Suisse last month.

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images The job market continued a gradual cooling in February but largely remains advantageous for workers, according to labor data issued Tuesday. Job openings, a barometer of employer demand for workers, fell by 632,000 to 9.9 million in February — the lowest level since May 2021, according to the Bureau