Reeling from a series of bank collapses that prompted intervention from authorities around the world and generated violent swings in financial markets, investors, analysts and economists are sure of nothing […]
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Back to news homeFate of First Republic Uncertain as Shares Plummet Again
First Republic Bank remained imperiled on Monday as last week’s $30 billion cash infusion by some of the nation’s biggest banks and a frantic effort to sell a stake in […]
Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable
Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened recently: The metal’s price has […]
Will the Fed Keep Tightening as Banks Fail?
Quantitative tightening is supposed to be boring. That’s by design.It doesn’t demand attention like a bank failure, emergency government rescue, wildly fluctuating interest rates or uncomfortably high inflation.But it is […]
Low Rates Were Meant to Last. Without Them, Finance Is In for a Rough Ride.
WASHINGTON — If a number defined the 2010s, it was 2 percent. Inflation, annual economic growth, and interest rates at their highest all hovered around that level — so persistently […]
Stocks on Wall Street Rally, Even as Worry About Regional Banks Continues
Upheaval in financial markets continued on Thursday, as investors balanced pockets of turmoil emanating from the banking industry against some semblance of stability returning to the broader market.The S&P 500 […]
Stock Markets Fall as Bank Shares Take a Beating
Stock markets tumbled on Wednesday, as investors’ fears over the health of the banking industry resurfaced and spread around the world, undoing a rally on Tuesday when the panic appeared […]
After Days of Panic, Midsize Banks See Stocks Rise
For the first day since Silicon Valley Bank’s unwinding, there were no widespread reports of customers being denied the chance to withdraw money from ATMs and bank branches. It appeared […]
Wall Street rises on relief over banks and inflation.
Wall Street’s worries eased on Tuesday, as investors took comfort from signs that a potential banking crisis appeared contained and bet on a more supportive environment for the economy going […]
Regional Banks Slammed by Fear of a Broader Financial Crisis
The unexpected seizure of two banks in three days by regulators intensified fears of a broader financial crisis, sending the stocks of more than two dozen banks into free fall […]