Gold prices were poised for their biggest weekly jump in four months on Friday, supported by safe-haven demand and expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would start cutting interest rates in ...

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US jobs in focus as weak manufacturing data sends stocks into a spin

Investors were expecting the July non-farm payrolls report to show solid jobs growth of 175,000 and a steady unemployment rate of 4.1 per cent for July. After the weak manufacturing data, stronger ...

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Global stocks plunge amid fears of US ‘collapse’

Global stock markets have plunged amid fears that the US Federal Reserve has left it too late to begin cutting interest rates and risks damaging the world’s largest economy.

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Flaring economic worries threaten US stocks rally

Economic concerns are once again showing up on Wall Street's radar, as worries grow that months of elevated interest rates may be starting to hurt U.S. growth.For months, investors had been heartened ...

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Stock market today: Indexes tank as data paints a negative picture for the economy

Stock indexes tanked Thursday as new data shows jobless claims are on the rise while manufacturing and construction both slowed.

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