The total monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for all areas in Canada increased 17% in April to 279,317 units compared with March, said the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on Friday. April's increase was better than the 245,000 consensus figure provided by MUFG.
Canadian housing starts rose more than expected in April, increasing 17% from the previous month, data from the national housing agency showed on Friday. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts increased to 279,317 units from a revised 239,747 units in March, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said.
* Inflationary pressures fuel rate hike expectations. * Trump-Xi summit gives markets little to cheer. * Yen struggles at 158 level; turmoil weighs on sterling. By Samuel Indyk and Rae Wee. The dollar was a touch higher and heading for its biggest weekly gain in more than two months, as mounting inflationary pressures from higher energy prices fuelled bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike this year.
Canada will publish the April housing starts at 8:15 a.m. ET on Friday, said Bank of Montreal. The starts look to "tick up" to around 240,000 annualized units, according to the bank. BMO noted CMHC is looking into collecting additional data -- including building permits and more insight into the pre-construction world -- so the bank awaits more details on that front.
The US dollar rose against its major trading partners early Friday ahead of the New York Federal Reserve's Empire State manufacturing reading for May at 8:30 am ET and industrial production data for April at 9:15 am ET. The St. Louis Fed is expected to update its GDP nowcast estimate for Q1 around midday.
Incoming Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh's plans to shrink the U.S. central bank's "footprint" in financial markets could be constrained by the rising federal debt and potentially lost luster of U.S. Treasuries, analysts said.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's immediate predecessors knew how to "go big" in a crisis, steer a committee towards an interest rate decision, and oversee changes in central bank strategy, all parts of the job that the lawyer and former private equity investor also had to learn.
Futures tracking the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 tumbled on Friday, with an AI-driven rally in U.S. stocks poised to stall, as Treasury yields jumped on concerns about higher inflation driven by the Middle East conflict. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes, a benchmark for global borrowing costs, hit 4.54% - its highest level since May 2025.
Societe Generale in its early Friday economic news summary pointed out: -- Risk off as United States Treasury yields accelerate, OIS pricing 80% chance of Federal Reserve rate hike by December. -- Federal Reserve's Williams: no need to raise or cut rates now, policy in a good place. -- Day ahead: U.S. industrial production.
* Futures down: Dow 0.7%, S&P 500 1.1%, Nasdaq 1.6% Futures tracking the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 tumbled more than 1% on Friday, with an AI-driven rally in U.S. stocks poised to stall, as Treasury yields jumped on concerns about higher inflation driven by the Middle East conflict.
The U.S. dollar is headed for its strongest weekly performance in more than two months on Friday as Treasury yields climbed and traders scaled back expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. The U.S. Dollar Index rose to 99.15 at 4:12 a.m. ET, gaining about 1.3% for the week. UUP is among the biggest beneficiaries of the rising dollar.
* MSCI EM FX, stocks eye sharpest weekly falls since early March. * Rising US Treasury yields pressure stocks, KOSPI falls 6% * Romania interest rate decision awaited. By Purvi Agarwal. Emerging market equities fell on Friday, led by declines in heavyweight Asian stocks, while currencies weakened against the dollar, setting them on track for losses in a week marked by the U.S.-China summit.
Gilead Sciences (GILD) priced a $3 billion public offering of senior unsecured notes, the company said late Thursday. The offering comprises $500 million of 4.25% notes maturing in 2028, $1 billion of 4.4% notes maturing in 2029, $1 billion of 4.6% notes maturing in 2031, and $500 million of 4.9% notes maturing in 2034.
* Bond market selloff gathers pace. * US Treasury yields at one-year highs. * Euro zone bond yields rise, JGB yields hit record peaks. By Amanda Cooper. The global bond market limped to the end of a bruising week on Friday, as growing evidence of economic damage from the Iran war prompts investors to assume interest rates will rise faster than expected and growth will suffer.
Japanese government bond yields climbed across the curve on Friday, with several tenors reaching record highs on rising bets for Bank of Japan interest rate hikes amid building inflationary pressures. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield rose as much as 10 basis points to 2.73%, the highest level since May 1997.
The carry trade, where investors buy high-yielding major currencies and sell low-yielding ones, is having its best run in years, even with major risk-driven moves in global markets. This reflects a combination of low currency volatility, large gaps between interest rates in developed economies and the yen not getting a safe-haven lift from the Iran war.
The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate to 1.0% in June, nearly two-thirds of economists said in a Reuters poll, as it presses ahead with efforts to normalise monetary policy amid rising inflation concerns from the war in Iran.
Alphabet has sold 576.5 billion yen in yen-denominated bonds, a term sheet showed on Friday, the largest-ever issue by a foreign company. It is the first yen-denominated debt issue for Alphabet, which like other tech giants is in the midst of a huge investment programme in artificial intelligence and has sought to diversify?sources of funding.
Alphabet has sold 576.5 billion yen in yen-denominated bonds, a term sheet showed on Friday, the largest-ever issue by a foreign company. It is the first yen-denominated debt issue for Alphabet, which like other tech giants is in the midst of a huge investment programme in artificial intelligence and has sought to diversify sources of funding.
Japan may face another round of broad-based price increases around summer, as firms ranging from food makers to hot spring facilities consider passing on soaring energy costs from the Middle East conflict, the central bank said on Friday.
Japan's economy is expected to have grown for a second quarter in January-March, supported by recovering exports and solid domestic demand, although the full impact of the Iran war had yet to be felt, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD), a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, today announced the pricing of senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of $3 billion, in an underwritten, registered public offering, consisting of $500 million of 4.250% senior notes maturing in 2028, $1 billion of 4.400% senior notes maturing ...
The dollar was a touch higher and heading for its biggest weekly gain in more than two months, as mounting inflationary pressures from higher energy prices fuelled bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike this year. The dollar's climb on Friday came alongside rising U.S. Treasury yields?that have jumped to one-year peaks as traders ramped up bets that the Fed would need to raise rates this year.
* Dollar up more than 1% this week, sharpest increase since early March. * Trump-Xi summit enters second day as investors await more details. * Yen struggles at 158 level; sterling weighed down by UK political turmoil. By Rae Wee.
* Fed's Barr says misguided to ease bank liquidity rules to lower Fed holdings. * Barr says efforts to cut Fed balance sheet via rule changes could increase risk. * Barr says current Fed policy system has worked well. By Michael S. Derby.
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Thursday that lowering banks' liquidity rules to reduce the size of the central bank's balance sheet is a bad idea and could undermine the safety of the financial system.
* April annual wholesale inflation hits 3-year high of 4.9% * Yen-based import price index spikes 17.5% yr/yr in April. * Rises driven by petroleum, chemical, metals goods prices. * Markets price in strong chance of BOJ rate hike in June. * Inflation, fiscal concerns lift 10-year yield to 29-year high. By Leika Kihara.
The U.S. long bond has been in the spotlight recently, with the 30-year Treasury yield piercing 5% and nearing its highest level in two decades. The rise in long-dated yields - Wednesday's 30-year auction sold above 5% for the first time since 2007 - has grabbed headlines, but yields at the front end have actually spiked by even more.
Peru's central bank held its benchmark interest rate for the eighth straight time on Thursday, keeping it at 4.25% in line with analysts' expectations after inflation in April remained outside the bank's target range.
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Thursday that lowering liquidity rules to get the central bank's balance sheet smaller is a bad idea and could undermine the safety of the financial system.
* Fed's Barr says misguided to ease bank liquidity rules to lower Fed holdings. * Barr says efforts to cut Fed balance sheet via rule changes could increase risk. * Barr says current Fed policy system has worked well. By Michael S. Derby.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said on Thursday he does not see a need right now for the central bank to weigh any change in interest rate policy amid the uncertainty created by the Middle East war. Monetary policy is in a "good place" right now, the official said in remarks given in New York.
Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) said Thursday its Par Petroleum subsidiary closed a private placement of $500 million of 7.375% senior unsecured notes due 2034. The company used the net proceeds, along with cash on hand and borrowings under its asset-based revolving credit facility, to repay all outstanding borrowings and terminate Par Petroleum's term loan due 2030.
Encompass Health (EHC) priced a private offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2034. The notes were priced at 100% of principal, the company said Thursday in a statement. The company will pay interest semiannually on June 1 and Dec. 1, beginning Dec. 1, 2026.
Ocugen (OCGN) said late Thursday it closed a private offering of $130 million of 6.75% convertible senior notes due 2034. The offering comprised $15 million of notes issued upon the full exercise of an overallotment option by the initial buyer, according to a statement.
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of global real estate investment company Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (KW), today announced the pricing of the previously announced private offering of $1.8 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $1.1 billion of 7.000% senior notes due 2031 and $700 million of 7.250% senior notes due 2033 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulat...
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Grant Will Support Efforts to Clear Property Titles and Execute Wills for Families in San Antonio, Texas. A $150,000 Pathway Fund grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas to the Mexican American Unity Council will help families prevent and address heirs? property issues in San Antonio, Texas. This press release features multimedia.
VCI Global Limited (VCIG), today announced the launch of its Strategic Gold Treasury Program, a long-term treasury framework and capital allocation initiative designed to integrate physical gold holdings and gold-linked digital reserve assets into the Company?s broader treasury and platform strategy.
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (PARR) announced today that Par Petroleum, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Par Pacific (PARR), closed its private placement pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.375% senior unsecured notes due 2034.
KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon's Senior Lien Payroll Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2026A. To access ratings and relevant documents, click here. Click here to view the report.
Financial stocks rose late Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index increasing 0.6% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF adding 0.7%. The Philadelphia Housing Index rose 0.4%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF was down 0.6%. Bitcoin gained 2.7% to $81,396, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was decreasing 2 basis points to 4.46%. In e...
Financial stocks were higher late Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 0.6% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF adding 0.7%. The Philadelphia Housing Index rose 0.4%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF was down 0.6%. Bitcoin gained 2.7% to $81,396, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was decreasing 2 basis points to 4.46%. I...
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