How the future could resemble the past
- Health
- January 15, 2015
Oil prices rose slightly on Monday as a brewing banking crisis in the U.S. spurred expectations that the Federal Reserve will soften its hawkish rhetoric in the coming months, although caution still persisted over a potential economic fallout. Oil markets benefited from weakness in the dollar, after the Fed and other U.S. regulators intervened over
READ MOREStartup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets, left billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors stranded. California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and appointed the Federal
READ MOREThe U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday ahead of the key monthly jobs report, and the yen weakened after the Bank of Japan retained its ultra-dovish stance. At 03:00 ET (08:00 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.2% lower at 105.125, but
READ MOREone of the biggest banks in the cryptocurrency industry, said on Wednesday it was planning to wind down operations and liquidate voluntarily Shares of crypto-related companies fell on Thursday, as the bank’s collapse sparked a crisis of confidence in the industry. Silvergate shares were down 26% while peer Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) and former Silvergate partner
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