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Markets fret over growth and inflation despite easing oil prices

Markets fret over growth and inflation despite easing oil prices

By Sophie Kiderlin, Canan Sevgili and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Uncertainty over the growth outlook and expectations that inflation will remain elevated next year are weighing on global markets, even as hopes of a de-escalation in the Iran war have eased oil prices.

Analysis-Trader angst pivots from inflation to growth as tech rout deepens

Analysis-Trader angst pivots from inflation to growth as tech rout deepens

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Karin Strohecker LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The rout in tech stocks further clouds the outlook for a global economy bolstered by the AI boom, leaving traders questioning whether central banks will have scope for further interest rate hikes to contain an Iran war-induced energy

BoE joins the rate hike club, Australia may be done already

BoE joins the rate hike club, Australia may be done already

By Sophie Kiderlin and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON/MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Several major central banks have raised interest rates this week, though they appear at very different stages of the tightening cycle, with some just getting started and others potentially nearing the end.

Euro edges lower as oil prices rise

Euro edges lower as oil prices rise

By Stefano Rebaudo Nov 5 (Reuters) - The euro eased slightly on Thursday, after a three-day rally, as energy prices headed higher amid uncertainty about what will happen in the war in Iran before the new Democratic-controlled US Congress takes office in January.

New wave of bomb hoaxes hits at least 27 passenger flights across Europe

New wave of bomb hoaxes hits at least 27 passenger flights across Europe

ROME/WARSAW/EVREUX, France, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Hoax bomb threats disrupted at least 27 passenger flights across Europe on Thursday, forcing unplanned landings by some planes and prompting fighter jets to escort or intercept others, in the second such wave this week.

Take Five: Tech wreck and roll

Take Five: Tech wreck and roll

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Traders on the world's financial markets go into next week hoping the storm engulfing tech stocks blows itself out and for no new escalation in the Iran war that sends oil prices surging again.

Dollar little changed as oil prices bounce, payrolls eyed

Dollar little changed as oil prices bounce, payrolls eyed

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The dollar index was roughly unchanged on Thursday, as oil prices rebounded following a sharp drop in the prior session and investors weighed the possibility of a slowdown in AI-related spending dampening economic growth.

Dollar edges up as oil prices bounce, payrolls eyed

Dollar edges up as oil prices bounce, payrolls eyed

By Chuck Mikolajczak Nov 5 (Reuters) - The dollar index rose slightly on Thursday, as oil prices rebounded following a sharp drop in the prior session and investors gauged uncertainties surrounding the war in Iran in the wake of sweeping Democratic victories in the US midterm elections.

New wave of bomb hoaxes hits dozens of flights across Europe

New wave of bomb hoaxes hits dozens of flights across Europe

(Corrects number of flights affected in Madrid in paragraph 16; Spanish police had originally said two Air Europa departures and four inbound Iberia flights were affected) ROME/WARSAW/EVREUX, France, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Hoax bomb threats disrupted dozens of passenger flights across Europe on Thursday,

BoE hikes rate for first time in 3 years; retreating oil prices may allow for more options ahead

BoE hikes rate for first time in 3 years; retreating oil prices may allow for more options ahead

The Bank of England is raising interest rates for the first time in more than three years in an effort to tackle an inflation shock stoked by the Iran war

New wave of bomb threats hits at least 25 passenger flights across Europe

New wave of bomb threats hits at least 25 passenger flights across Europe

ROME/BRUSSELS/EVREUX, France, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A series of hoax bomb threats hit European airlines from Ireland to Bulgaria on Thursday morning for the second time this week, with some of at least 25 affected flights making unplanned landings or escorted by fighter jets.

Morning Bid: Out of the blue

Morning Bid: Out of the blue

By Anna Szymanski Nov 6 (Reuters) - Markets had long been pricing in a "blue wave" in the United States midterm elections, but what they got was a deluge as Democrats regained control of the House and Senate in decisive fashion.