Topline Los Angeles is forecast to receive desperately needed rain this weekend, providing relief to first responders battling four active fires in the region while also creating the risk of new hazards including mudslides, toxic runoff and flash flooding. There are four active fires in Los Angeles as of Friday, all of which are at […]
Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams could be set for a snowy divisional round matchup this weekend. Parts of the Philadelphia area are forecast to get between three and six inches of snow Sunday, according to AccuWeather. Here’s the game day forecast for the area as of Friday afternoon, per Brittany […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Indonesia’s central bank has unexpectedly cut interest rates despite a weakening rupiah, citing slowing growth momentum in south-east Asia’s largest economy. Bank Indonesia on Wednesday reduced its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The World Bank has raised its near-term economic forecasts for China while repeating calls for President Xi Jinping to pursue deep reforms to address lagging confidence and structural problems in the world’s second-biggest economy. The […]
PHOENIX — You may be familiar with a range of tips for living a healthy life: Watch your weight, exercise, eat nutritious food and don’t smoke, for example. What if you could combine these lifestyle factors with a host of other variables to learn your risk of developing specific diseases, to help catch and treat […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US interest rates myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point but signalled a slower pace of easing next year, sending the dollar racing to a two-year high and US […]
Tom Lee is the head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors. He correctly anticipated the stock market rally that lifted the S&P 500 out of bear market territory last year. Specifically, when Wall Street’s median price target implied a 6% upside for 2023, Lee said the S&P 500 would gain 24%. Lo and behold, the […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Germany faces another year of economic stagnation after the Bundesbank slashed the country’s 2025 growth forecast and warned that a US-led trade war risked pushing it into recession. The central bank said on Friday that […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India’s central bank on Friday sharply cut its growth forecast for this year, confirming a slowing trend in what has been one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. But the Reserve Bank of India kept its […]
Signage for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Mumbai, India, on Friday, April 5, 2024. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s central bank expectedly kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.50% on Friday as it struggles to contain rising inflation without hurting growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. The decision came in […]
