Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued on Sunday that coronavirus vaccine mandates “will wreak havoc in the economy.” The Republican slammed the vaccine mandates during an exclusive interview with “Sunday Morning Futures.”  “What Biden’s doing is unconstitutional. He does not have the authority to do this,” DeSantis told host Maria Bartiromo.  He then explained what the vaccine mandates...Read More

Monday kicked off on a cautious note as weaker than expected growth data from China hit risk appetite. In the commodity space, Brent marched into new week less than 2% away from its highest price back in October 2018. The dollar struggled for direction while gold waited for a fresh catalyst. In other news, Apple...Read More

WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken on September 28, 2021, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC. – AFP WASHINGTON: The US budget deficit narrowed slightly in the past year as the economy recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, falling $360 billion to $2.8...Read More

Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said the Indian economy is still in the woods. Delivering the R. K. Shanmugam Memorial Lecture, organised by The Tamil Chamber of Commerce in Chennai on Saturday, he also took a jibe at the Centre’s claim of V-shaped recovery of the economy. Mr. Chidambaram pointed out...Read More

ITHACA — As industrial-size solar installations pop up throughout New York state, residents fear the loss of agricultural land. Lexie Hain has a simple solution: sheep. “Sheep will rest in the shade of a solar panel just as well as under a tree; they don’t care,” said Hain, a farmer in the Finger Lakes region...Read More

Out of the U.S Early in the week, industrial production disappointed, with production falling by 1.3% in September. Production had fallen by 0.1% in August. On Thursday, the focus shifted to Philly FED Manufacturing PMI and jobless claims figures. While the Philly FED Manufacturing PMI fell from 30.7 to 23.8, the employment sub-index rose from...Read More

A pedestrian carries shopping bags in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2021. U.S. consumers have become less positive. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Consumers are sending worrisome signals that investors aren’t heeding. It’s time to pay attention. The stock market and consumer sentiment usually rise and fall in tandem. Take the past 18 months. Ultraloose...Read More

The Tesla logo seen on a Supercharger rapid battery charging station for the electric vehicles company Tesla Motors. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is betting on a handful of what it calls innovators, disruptors, enablers and adaptors to lead our new post-pandemic global economy. The stocks are in budding industries, like...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy unexpectedly regained momentum in October and cost pressures rose by the most in more than 25 years, according to a survey on Friday that could encourage the Bank of England to raise interest rates for the first time since the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Workers walk towards Tower Bridge during the...Read More

China Evergrande Group EGRNF -8.05% made an overdue interest payment to international bondholders, the state-owned Securities Times reported Friday, an unexpected move that allows the property company to stave off a default. The Chinese real-estate developer on Thursday sent $83.5 million to the trustee for the dollar bonds, and that financial institution will in turn...Read More