Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to potentially resume as soon as this week.
The Dow closed at a record on Monday, with stocks rallying and crude prices tumbling to start the month. Major indexes were sharply higher after the Donald Trump said he called off an attack on Iran and that peace talks were set to resume. The rally picked up steam as oil prices tumbled, with the
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are easing on Monday and helping to calm Wall Street’s worries that inflation could get even worse. That has U.S. stock indexes rallying, though sharp swings are continuing to roil underneath the surface. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% following its wild July, where it swung up
The Federal Reserve acknowledged that inflation remained “elevated,” which it said was partly due to rising energy prices, but said U.S. economic activity was expanding at a “robust pace despite the uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East.” Warsh said he had wanted and succeeded in having a “family feud” with his policy
TOKYO — Asian stocks were mixed, while South Korea’s Kospi stock index fell 6% on Wednesday, as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmaker stocks. American futures hardly changed. The latest decline in Seoul was led by a drop in shares of chipmaker SK Hynix after its operating
July 28, 2026 – 00:01 Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. TOTOTO The Treasury has warned that the Australian economy could be hit by rising inflation and slower growth in the second half of the year, as the US war on Iran,