* US stocks higher. * Japanese stocks, yen extend gains after Takaichi's election victory. * Treasury yields down and dollar dips. By Caroline Valetkevitch and Alun John. Major stock indexes mostly rose on Tuesday, with a world equity index and the Dow Jones industrial average hitting record highs, while Treasury yields fell after U.S. data suggested the economy may be softening.
* US household debt rises to $18.8 trillion in Q4, up $191 billion from 3Q. * Mortgage delinquencies grow in lower-income areas despite overall low rates. * Student loan delinquencies elevated at 9.6%, serious delinquency rate at 16.2% By Michael S. Derby.
US equity indexes traded mixed while government bond yields declined in midday trading on Tuesday as investors weighed an unexpected pause in December retail sales. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6% to 50,431.8, after scaling a new peak of 50,512.79, according to data compiled by CNBC.
While the unemployment rate in France rose by more than expected, eurozone sovereign bonds followed United States Treasuries higher on an otherwise quiet Tuesday for economic data, said Daiwa Capital Markets. In terms of economic data, the coming two days should be relatively quiet for the eurozone, noted the bank.
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank faces no urgency to change the setting of interest rates this year amid a "cautiously optimistic" outlook for economic activity.
Morgan Stanley said it expects a 100bps cut on Thursday from Egypt's central bank. While supportive fundamentals could justify a larger 200bps move, geopolitical uncertainty and seasonal pressures around Ramadan could potentially lead to a cautious Monetary Policy Committee with a hold, stated the bank. MT Newswires does not provide investment advice.
The European Parliament gave its first major backing to the digital euro on Tuesday, endorsing the European Council's negotiating stance for a central bank digital currency with both online and offline functionality.
The European Parliament gave its first major backing to the digital euro on Tuesday, endorsing the European Council's negotiating stance for a central bank digital currency with both online and offline functionality.
US retail sales unexpectedly held steady in December, the Census Bureau said Tuesday, as consumers appeared to pull back on spending at the end of 2025 after kicking the holiday season off at a strong pace. A flat reading compares with the Bloomberg-compiled consensus that called for a 0.4% rise.
* Bessent emphasizes fair rivalry with China, avoiding decoupling. * Upcoming meetings with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng planned. * China must rebalance economy, address $1 trillion trade surplus, Bessent says. * U.S. and China agreed to defer rare earth export controls.
* Retail sales unchanged in December. * Core retail sales dip 0.1%; November core sales revised lower. By Lucia Mutikani. U.S. retail sales were unexpectedly unchanged in December as households scaled back spending on motor vehicles and other big-ticket items, potentially setting consumer spending and the economy on a slower growth path heading into the new year.
Overall credit troubles in the U.S. increased modestly but held at low levels during the fourth quarter as some parts of the mortgage market saw accelerated fraying, amid ongoing difficulties for student loan borrowers, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a report released on Tuesday.
* US household debt rises to $18.8 trillion in Q4, up $191 billion from 3Q. * Mortgage delinquencies grow in lower-income areas despite overall low rates. * Student loan delinquencies elevated at 9.6%, serious delinquency rate at 16.2% By Michael S. Derby.
First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) said on Tuesday its CEO Frank Holding has been appointed to the Federal ?Reserve Board of Governors' advisory council ?for 2026. Holding will represent the Fifth ?District on behalf of ?the ?Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
The Federal Reserve under the leadership of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's nominee for Fed ?chair, will be watching to ?ensure there's no "timing mismatch" on ?employment and productivity given ?rapid ?advances in artificial intelligence, U.S. Treasury Secretary ?Scott Bessent said ?on Tuesday.
Peru's central bank is expected to stay on hold at a reference rate of 4.25% on Thursday, said Scotiabank. BCRP hasn't budged from there since last September and has held for four consecutive meetings, noted the bank.
Kenya's central bank Tuesday said its Monetary Policy Committee decided to lower the Central Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 8.75%. Kenya's overall inflation declined to 4.4% in January 2026 from 4.5% in December 2025, and remained below the mid-point of the target range of 5%, more or less 2.5 percentage points, noted the central bank.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) said Tuesday it has launched an underwritten public offering of senior notes, subject to market conditions. Alexandria said it expects to use the proceeds primarily to repay commercial paper borrowings tied to its previously announced cash tender offer for outstanding senior unsecured notes.
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday after a ?sharp rally in the ?previous session as tech ?stocks bounced ?off a ?bruising rout, while investors ?parsed retail ?sales figures that kicked off a ?series of ?crucial ?economic data releases this week.
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday after a ?sharp rally in ?the previous session as tech ?stocks bounced ?off a ?bruising rout, while investors ?parsed retail sales ?figures that kicked off a ?series of ?crucial economic ?data releases this week.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his country's support for efforts ?to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict ?in a phone call with ?Russian President Vladimir ?Putin on ?Tuesday, Ramaphosa's office said. "The two ?leaders also discussed ?cooperation in key international fora such as ?BRICS and ?the ?G20," South Africa's presidency said in a statement.
By Jamie McGeever. The global economy is at an odd juncture, one that points to an ugly few years for bond markets. The fiscal picture across developed economies is deteriorating rapidly and uniformly, yet unlike previous bouts of huge government spending in the last two decades, there is no global financial crisis or pandemic requiring trillions of dollars. Far from it.
PASADENA, Calif. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay a portion of the borrowings under the Company's?commercial paper program incurred in connection with the repurchase or redemption of?certain series of its outstanding senior unsecured notes pursuant to its previously announced cash tender offer, by redemption or otherwise.
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 10, 2026 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, the wholly owned banking subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (FCNCA), announced today?that Chairman and CEO Frank Holding has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors' Federal Advisory Council for 2026.
The quarterly US employment cost index rose by 0.7% in Q4, slower than the 0.8% gain in the previous quarter, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday. This was below the consensus expectations of a 0.8% gain in a survey compiled by Bloomberg. Benefits costs rose by 0.7% in the quarter after a 0.8% gain in previous quarter, the same as for wage growth.
U.S. retail sales were unexpectedly unchanged in December as households scaled back spending on motor vehicles and other big-ticket items, potentially setting consumer spending and the economy on a slower growth path heading into the new year.
U.S. retail sales were unexpectedly unchanged in December, putting consumer spending and the overall economy on a slower growth path heading into the new year. The flat reading in retail sales last month followed ?an unrevised 0.6% increase in November, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau on Tuesday.
US retail sales were virtually steady in December, below a 0.4% increase expected in a survey compiled by Bloomberg and following the previous month's 0.6% gain. Excluding a 0.2% decrease in motor vehicle sales, retail sales were still flat compared with an expected 0.4% gain.
RXO, Inc. today announced it is proposing to issue $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031 in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
ROSELAND, N.J., Feb. 10, 2026 For the four weeks ending January 24, 2026, U.S. private employers added an average of 6,500 jobs per week, according to the NER Pulse, a weekly update of the monthly ADP National Employment Report?.?. Job gains edged up from the previous week. This week's NER Pulse reflects our January benchmark to March 2025 QCEW data.
Things were looking up in Canada near the end of 2025, but roughly two months later, things looked very different, said National Bank of Canada. Hiring has come back to earth and measures of labor demand remain depressed, noted the bank. Even inflation, which had been running warm, has cooled off "materially" in recent months, pointed out National Bank.
The city of Olathe and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kansas, signaled support for a state bond plan to move the team from Missouri.
AtlasClear Holdings, Inc. (ATCH), a financial technology holding company focused on building a modern, regulated financial services platform, today announced that it has entered into a definitive Share Purchase Agreement, replacing the previous merger agreement, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Commercial Bancorp, a Wyoming corporation and the parent company of Farmers State Bank, a profita...
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The US dollar rose against its major trading partners early Tuesday, except for a decline versus the yen, ahead of a busy day of economic data releases, starting with retail sales and import and export price data for December and the employment cost index for Q4, all at 8:30 am ET.
Sterling dropped against the dollar and the euro on Tuesday as a broad selloff of the U.S. currency faded, while concerns about British politics and the path of Bank of England monetary policy continued to weigh.
Greek industrial output rose by 3.9% year-on-year in December, after after an upwardly revised 4.3% increase in ?November, data from statistics service ELSTAT ?showed on Tuesday. A breakdown of index ?components showed manufacturing production rose ?3.8% ?from the same month in 2024.
U.S. tariffs are weighing on euro zone growth and inflation but the most affected sectors are also sensitive to interest rates, so cutting borrowing costs could offset the downward price pressures, a European Central Bank blog post said ?on Tuesday.
* EM stocks up 0.7%, FX flat. * Turkish industrial production drops 2.1% in December. * Hungary's forint slips from over 2-year peak. By Pranav Kashyap. - Most central and eastern European currencies held their ground on Tuesday, while regional stocks were mixed as investors braced for a data-heavy week.
* Tariffs lower euro zone inflation by reducing demand, outweighing supply effects. * ECB economists' study shows sectors hit by tariffs are sensitive to interest rate changes. * Euro zone exports to US down 6.5% year-on-year in latest 3 months, affecting inflation.
* Nonfarm payrolls data due Wednesday. * Global stocks gain in Asian trade. * Dollar edges up after falling 0.8% on Monday. * US job gains could be lower in coming months, says Hassett. By Noel John.
* German 10-year yield drops amid political shifts. * UK political tensions affect British 10-year gilt yield. * US economic data may influence Federal Reserve policy expectations. By Sophie Kiderlin.
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