Economic news

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) will suspend its shipping services in major U.S. cities on Wednesday. Amazon Shipping carries non-Amazon and Amazon marketplace packages. Amazon is suspending this particular service which was set up to compete with UPS (UPS.N) and FedEx (FDX.N) in the United States. “Amazon Shipping will be paused starting June,” according to the Wall […]

The dollar rose on Wednesday as the market turned to safe-havens, reversing risk currency gains after investors hoped the crisis in Europe and New York was slowing down. The dollar gained against major currencies except for the safe-haven yen, a day after its steepest fall against a basket of currencies in almost two weeks. Safe-haven […]

Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, ending two sessions of consecutive gains as the death toll of coronavirus rose around the world. Investors were rattled as mainland China’s new coronavirus cases doubled in 24 hours due to overseas travellers. In New York, COVID-19 hospitalizations seemed to be decreasing. However, the death toll in the United States […]

South Korea’s household loans increased last month based on data shown by financial authorities on Wednesday. Credit loans for mortgages and stock investments outside Seoul surged after the government launched new property regulations. Bank loans extended to local households increased by 9.6 trillion won ($7.87 billion) last March. It was recorded as the biggest monthly […]

The Bank of Japan said on Wednesday that it would temporarily cease select operations. The decision was made in compliance to the government’s pronouncement of putting the country under state of emergency amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. “The BOJ will scale back some of its operations in line with the government’s request to avoid outings,” […]

Oil prices recovered on Monday as optimism grew that OPEC members and allied oil manufacturers will settle a deal on Thursday. The agreement will mandate oil producers to reduce crude production in order to offset suffering prices due to the novel coronavirus. Brent crude LCoc1 inched up by 75 cents, equivalent to 2.4%, and last […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve created a new small-business loan program by allowing banks to exchange those loans for cash at the U.S. central bank. This program aids banks ease their concerns of having to hold low interest loans.  The Fed will announce further details of the new term financing arrangement for loans under the Payroll […]

The New York Stock Exchange is in talks with regulators to ease its listing requirements for companies that have failed compliance due to the market strain caused by the coronavirus. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declined the initial proposal filed by the NYSE to forego listing requirements until June, said Farrell Kramer, spokesman for […]

Private equity companies Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners will invest $1 billion to Airbnb on Monday. There were other 20 investors that also approached Airbnb about investing in the company. The debt and equity investment sum up Airbnb’s cash reserves to $4 billion. It will support the finances of the company amid virus outbreak. […]

Facebook Inc will start surveying some U.S. users on Monday to help researchers from Carnegie Mellon University generate new insights on how to respond to the pandemic crisis. “Heat maps” of self-reported virus infections were also included in the survey. Facebook users will see a link at the top of their News Feed that will […]