By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Friday that the bloc wants to move quickly on a trade agreement with the United States for electric vehicle battery minerals and was optimistic on reaching a green steel and aluminum pact with Washington by October. Dombrovskis, the EU’s top trade…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank needs to keep raising interest rates even if most of its past hikes have yet to feed through to the economy, as rapid price growth was at risk of getting entrenched, German central bank chief Joachim Nagel said on Friday. The ECB has raised rates by at least…
By Niket Nishant and Nupur Anand (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co beat Wall Street’s estimates for quarterly profit and raised its outlook for interest income on Friday, emerging as one of the biggest winners of a flight to safety during last month’s banking crisis. The largest U.S. lender gained $50 billion in deposits at the…
By Jaiveer Shekhawat and Davide Barbuscia (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc expects dislocations created by a recent banking rout to present “enormous” opportunities to expand its business, as investors shift allocations to avoid abrupt market gyrations and profit from a higher interest rate environment. The world’s largest asset manager reported an 18% drop in first-quarter profit…
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Economic data has begun to fill in the portrait of a U.S. economy that is losing momentum, with reports over the last seven days showing job growth, inflation, factory output and consumer spending all slowing down. The combined impact hasn’t caused Federal Reserve officials to call…
By Tatiana Bautzer and Mehnaz Yasmin (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc’s first-quarter profit beat Wall Street expectations as it earned more from borrowers paying higher interest on loans. While its net interest income rose 23% to $13.3 billion, Citi also set aside $241 million to cover potential loan losses, from $138 million a year earlier, according…
By Matt Tracy and Saeed Azhar (Reuters) – Some of the largest U.S. banks singled out office commercial real estate on Friday as an area of growing concern, with property values falling and more borrowers defaulting on their loans amid rising interest rates and a slowing economy. Faced with questions from analysts about their exposure…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in March as consumers cut back on purchases of motor vehicles and other big-ticket items, suggesting that the economy was losing steam at the end of the first quarter because of higher interest rates. With the labor market cooling, retail sales are…
(Reuters) – Walmart Inc U.S. chief merchandising officer Charles Redfield is stepping down after just over a year in the role, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Friday, at a time the retailer is navigating a tightening spending environment. Redfield will assume an advisory role supporting the U.S. business effective May 1, Walmart…
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said on Friday that the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were not an indictment of the bank regulatory landscape, although she conceded that some changes may be warranted. In prepared remarks, Bowman said if the Fed identifies gaps in its bank supervision and regulation…
