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US Consumers Favor Homebuying over Renting for 1st Time since 2023, BofA Study

US Consumers Favor Homebuying over Renting for 1st Time since 2023, BofA Study

A majority of U.S. consumers now say they would prefer to buy a home rather than rent ​or move in with family, the first time since 2023 that sentiment has ‌favored homeownership, according to Bank of America's latest homebuyer insights report. The findings point to improving sentim...


June 23, 2026
Gulf Bourses Ease on Investor Caution, Fed Rate-Hike Bets
Gulf Bourses Ease on Investor Caution, Fed Rate-Hike Bets

Most Gulf equity markets closed lower on Tuesday as investors grew cautious amid progress in U.S.-Iran talks and mounting expectations that ​the...

Oil Holds Steady as Markets Track Hormuz Shipping Flows
Oil Holds Steady as Markets Track Hormuz Shipping Flows

Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as investors watched crude ‌flows through the Strait of Hormuz following progress...

China's Momenta Plans Hong Kong IPO next Week: Source
China's Momenta Plans Hong Kong IPO next Week: Source

Chinese autonomous driving developer Momenta is planning to launch its Hong Kong initial public ‌offering as early as next Monday, said a...

RWE's Share Sale will Dilute Municipal Owners to 12%, CEO
RWE's Share Sale will Dilute Municipal Owners to 12%, CEO

FRANKFURT, June 23 (Reuters) - RWE's municipal shareholders will own ​around 12% of ‌Germany's largest power producer following a...

Rupee Slips as Fed Rate Bets Lift Dollar, Dent Stocks
Rupee Slips as Fed Rate Bets Lift Dollar, Dent Stocks

The Indian rupee ended modestly weaker on Tuesday as a churn in U.S. rate expectations boosted the dollar ​to a one-year peak against a basket of...

Gold Slides nearly 2%; Hawkish Fed Bets Lift Dollar to Peak
Gold Slides nearly 2%; Hawkish Fed Bets Lift Dollar to Peak

Gold ‌prices dropped nearly 2% on Tuesday, as the U.S. dollar strengthened to a one-year high on market expectations of a more hawkish Federal...

Euro Zone Inflation could Stay High Despite Peace: Lane
Euro Zone Inflation could Stay High Despite Peace: Lane

Euro ​zone inflation could stay above the European Central Bank's 2% target for some time, even ‌if peace in the Middle East holds, but...

German Business Activity Hits 18-Month Low in June, PMI
German Business Activity Hits 18-Month Low in June, PMI

Germany's private sector activity contracted at its fastest pace in 18 months in June as ​the services downturn deepened, a survey showed on...

Scars Mark Britain's Economy 10 Years after Brexit Vote
Scars Mark Britain's Economy 10 Years after Brexit Vote

Britain's vote to leave the European Union in 2016 has acted as a persistent drag on its economy, compounding some of the deep-seated...

London Shares Hit 1-Week Low on Rate Fears, Politics
London Shares Hit 1-Week Low on Rate Fears, Politics

London's FTSE indexes dropped to a more than one-week low on Tuesday, tracking weakness in global markets as prospects of interest...

STOXX 600 Hits over 1-wk Low on Fed Hike Bets, Tech Selloff
STOXX 600 Hits over 1-wk Low on Fed Hike Bets, Tech Selloff

Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 fell to a more than one-week low on ‌Tuesday, as expectations for imminent interest rate hikes by the Federal...

NatPower, Tesla Reach Deal on 1st Phase of $5B Battery Storage Plan
NatPower, Tesla Reach Deal on 1st Phase of $5B Battery Storage Plan

Independent energy firm NatPower and Tesla said on Tuesday they ​had reached a deal to build 25 gigawatt ​hours of battery storage in Italy...

India's Akasa Air Eyes 30% Capacity Boost this Year
India's Akasa Air Eyes 30% Capacity Boost this Year

India's Akasa Air plans to raise passenger capacity by ​30% in the current fiscal year, ‌the airline said on Tuesday, after posting a 37%...

UK Services Sector Contracts at Fastest Pace since Jan 2023
UK Services Sector Contracts at Fastest Pace since Jan 2023

Britain's services sector, the engine of the economy, contracted this month at the fastest rate in nearly three-and-a-half years, according to...

Australia Tax Overhaul Chills Nation's Property Love
Australia Tax Overhaul Chills Nation's Property Love

Just a short stroll from Sydney's famous Bondi Beach, auctioneer Clarence White struggles to drum up bids for an airy three-storey home that...

Dollar Hits 1-Year High on Fed Bets; Yen near Low
Dollar Hits 1-Year High on Fed Bets; Yen near Low

The U.S. dollar rose to its highest level in ​more than a year on Tuesday as traders positioned for a more hawkish Federal Reserve despite...

Asia Shares, Oil Slip as Markets Reprice Fed Expectations
Asia Shares, Oil Slip as Markets Reprice Fed Expectations

Asian stocks and oil prices fell on Tuesday after the U.S. waived sanctions ​on Iran, while traders grappled with rising expectations the...

French Private Sector Downturn Eases in June, PMI Shows
French Private Sector Downturn Eases in June, PMI Shows

France's private sector contraction eased in June as declines in manufacturing and services output both slowed, a business survey showed on...

Indonesia's EM Crown on Line ahead of MSCI Verdict Looms
Indonesia's EM Crown on Line ahead of MSCI Verdict Looms

Global index provider MSCI is ​poised to decide on Tuesday on whether Indonesia retains its emerging markets status or ‌edges...

Apollo Private Credit Fund Caps Cash Exit Requests at 5%
Apollo Private Credit Fund Caps Cash Exit Requests at 5%

Apollo Global's $26 billion private credit fund, Apollo Debt Solutions (ADS), ‌said on Monday it was curbing redemptions at 5% of its...

Meta to Pause Mouse-Tracking Tech over Data Security
Meta to Pause Mouse-Tracking Tech over Data Security

Meta said on Monday it will pause an internal program that tracks ​employee mouse movements and digital activity for AI training as...

India June Private Sector Growth Hits 3-Month Low: PMI
India June Private Sector Growth Hits 3-Month Low: PMI

India's private sector expanded at its slowest pace in three months in June as weaker demand growth weighed ​on both factory and services...

S&P 500, Nasdaq Close Lower on Tech Drag; Focus on Iran
S&P 500, Nasdaq Close Lower on Tech Drag; Focus on Iran

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed down on Monday, dragged by ​declines in the megacap technology stocks including Alphabet, while investors...

Canada Annual Inflation Hits 29-Month High of 3.2% in May
Canada Annual Inflation Hits 29-Month High of 3.2% in May

Canada's annual inflation rate in May accelerated more than expected to 3.2%, a 29-month high, data ‌showed on Monday, as the impact of...

Amazon Prime Day to Gauge US Consumer Shift to Basics
Amazon Prime Day to Gauge US Consumer Shift to Basics

Amazon Prime Day starting on Tuesday will be a litmus test of ‌U.S. shoppers' spending power, with the earlier-than-usual sales event...

US Gasoline Prices Tumble for Sixth Straight Week
US Gasoline Prices Tumble for Sixth Straight Week

Diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran has translated into relief at the pump for Americans, data showed on Monday, with gasoline ​prices...

June 22, 2026
Lucid to Cut about 18% of US Workforce; COO Winterhoff Exits
Lucid to Cut about 18% of US Workforce; COO Winterhoff Exits

EV maker Lucid Group said on Monday it would cut about 18% of its U.S. workforce and announced COO Marc Winterhoff had left the company,...

CRH Buys Arcosa for $8.5B on North America Infra Boom
CRH Buys Arcosa for $8.5B on North America Infra Boom

Ireland's CRH said on Monday it would acquire U.S.-based Arcosa in an all-cash deal valued at about $8.5 billion, bolstering its...

Uber-Backed Lime Seeks Up to $1.66 bln Valuation in US IPO
Uber-Backed Lime Seeks Up to $1.66 bln Valuation in US IPO

Uber-backed Lime is seeking a valuation of up to $1.66 billion in its U.S. IPO, as ​the electric bike and scooter network operator looks to...

Cargill Aims to Complete Metals unit Sale by August, Sources
Cargill Aims to Complete Metals unit Sale by August, Sources

Cargill is aiming to complete the sale of its iron ore ​and steel trading business by late July or ‌early August, four sources with knowledge...

Argentina Authorizes Up to $5B Debt from International Institutions
Argentina Authorizes Up to $5B Debt from International Institutions

Argentina's government authorized up to $5 billion financing ​from international entities backed ‌by multilateral credit...

Castlelake Sets Out $6.3B easyJet Bid with Exec Backing
Castlelake Sets Out $6.3B easyJet Bid with Exec Backing

Castlelake on Monday disclosed its £4.74 billion ($6.26 billion) takeover bid for easyJet , backed by former Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter...

Chevron Signs Power Deal with Microsoft for Texas Data
Chevron Signs Power Deal with Microsoft for Texas Data

Chevron said on Monday it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to develop a co-located ​facility that would provide natural-gas fired...

Norway Oil Service Firms Threaten Lockout to End Strike
Norway Oil Service Firms Threaten Lockout to End Strike

Industry group Offshore Norway said on Monday it would ​impose a lockout from June 27 on Safe ‌labour union oil service workers in response to...

Miner Sinda Kicks Off US IPO Roadshow Targeting $1.97B
Miner Sinda Kicks Off US IPO Roadshow Targeting $1.97B

Silver miner Sinda on Monday ​launched its U.S. initial public offering roadshow, targeting a valuation ‌of up to $1.97 billion and...

BoE Softens Stablecoin Rules in Final Policy Draft
BoE Softens Stablecoin Rules in Final Policy Draft

The Bank of England on Monday eased proposed stablecoin rules following widespread concern they risked stifling development of a nascent...

Investors Face Rocky Road from Starmer Exit to next FM
Investors Face Rocky Road from Starmer Exit to next FM

Investors and business leaders are again navigating the kind of uncertainty that has dominated British politics since the Brexit vote ​a decade...

Japan's FX Warnings Keep Markets on Edge over Yen Risk
Japan's FX Warnings Keep Markets on Edge over Yen Risk

Japanese ​financial authorities kept markets guessing about possible currency intervention on Monday, with the lack of clear signals suggesting a...

London Shares Slip after PM Starmer Says will Resign
London Shares Slip after PM Starmer Says will Resign

London's domestically focussed FTSE index slipped to a one-week low on Monday, bogged down by political uncertainty ‌after Prime Minister...

Rupee Snaps 6-Session Winning Streak; Firmer Dollar Pinches
Rupee Snaps 6-Session Winning Streak; Firmer Dollar Pinches

The Indian rupee snapped a six-day-long run of gains on Monday, as the dollar hovered near a one-year peak against ​a basket of peers even as a...

France, Germany to Equalise KNDS Stakes ahead of IPO
France, Germany to Equalise KNDS Stakes ahead of IPO

France and Germany ‌have agreed to become equal shareholders in tank maker KNDS, the two governments said on Monday, paving the way for what...

Gens Aurea Plans Milan Listing, Ending Italy IPO Drought
Gens Aurea Plans Milan Listing, Ending Italy IPO Drought

Italian cash-for-gold trader Gens Aurea plans to list on the ​Milan stock exchange, it said on Monday, marking what ‌would be the first major...


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