* Jobless claims rise above forecasts. * Oil prices fall on hopes for US-Iran deal and Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. * Fed's Lorie Logan says policy may be too loose. By Chuck Mikolajczak. U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Thursday, after labor market data was softer than expected, while oil prices tumbled on renewed optimism a deal to end the war between the U.S. and Iran could be reached.
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of B and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of ?bb+? to Insurance Company Alatau City Garant JSC. The ratings reflect Alatau?s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, limited business profile and marginal enterprise risk management.
Treating the current tariff environment as permanent, the Canadian Parliamentary Budget Officer now projects real gross domestic product growth of 1.1% for this year and 1.6% in 2027, down from 1.3% and 1.8%, respectively, from its September 2025 outlook.
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 4, 2026 Vanguard today announced the launch of the Vanguard U.S. High?Yield Corporate Bond Index ETF, expanding its fixed income lineup with index?based exposure to U.S. dollar-denominated high?yield corporate bonds.
Gold prices rose early on Thursday as the dollar and treasury yields weakened as oil prices dropped after Israel and Lebanon reached a ceasefire agreement, lowering the inflation fears that have kept the precious mental rangebound since the start of the war between the United States and Iran. Gold for July delivery was last seen up US$59.10 to US$4,526.00 per ounce.
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, touching their highest level in four months, but the underlying trend remained consistent with a stable labor market. Economists shrugged off the rise in weekly jobless claims reported by the Labor Department on Thursday as volatility related to last Monday's Memorial Day holiday.
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but the underlying trend remained consistent with a stable labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 225,000 for the week ended May 30, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
US initial jobless claims rose to a level of 225,000 in the week ended May 30 from a downwardly revised 212,000 level in the previous week, compared with expectations for a 215,000 level in survey of analysts compiled by Bloomberg as of 7:30 am ET. The four-week moving average jumped by 6,500 to 214,750 after increasing by 5,500 to a level of 208,250 in the previous week.
As homeownership slips further out of reach, Better and Coinbase show a new path is possible for qualified buyers to secure a mortgage using Bitcoin as collateral Better Home & Finance Holding Company (BETR), and Coinbase, today announced the funding of the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage backed by Bitcoin in the United States. This press release features multimedia.
With its "Summer of AI," HighLevel is making the technology reshaping the global economy free for the small businesses and agencies that need it most, not just the enterprises that can afford it. DALLAS, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --?Small businesses are the engine of the American economy.
The Canadian economy hit a clear soft patch at the start of 2026, as confirmed by last week's gross domestic product, said Scotiabank. GDP was essentially flat in Q1, coming in below all expectations and pointing to softer underlying demand pressures, noted the bank. That said, the headline weakness should be interpreted with "caution," stated Scotiabank.
CES Energy Solutions (CESDF) entered into an underwriting agreement with a syndicate of underwriters to sell, pursuant to a private placement, $300.0 million of its 5.625% senior unsecured notes due June 15, 2033, it said overnight Wednesday. The offering is expected to close on or about June 15, subject to closing conditions.
Celcuity (CELC) said late Wednesday it has priced an upsized offering of $500 million of its 0.25% convertible senior notes due 2032. Underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $75 million of the notes.
16 meeting. * Ueda all but cemented June hike in hawkish narrative pivot. * Board to scrutinise war developments in reaching final decision. * No explicit opposition from dovish administration so far. * BOJ eyes pause or slowdown in bond taper next fiscal year. By Leika Kihara.
The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates this month unless a sharp escalation in the Middle East conflict upends markets, three sources said, as rising fuel costs from the energy shock add to mounting price pressure in the economy.
* BOJ likely to raise policy rate to 1% at June 15-16 meeting. * Ueda all but cemented June hike in hawkish narrative pivot. * Board to scrutinise war developments in reaching final decision. By Leika Kihara.
The Federal Reserve's quarterly "dot plot" rate forecasts may soon lose their last projected rate cut, the so-called easing dot, and the plot itself could possibly disappear altogether. The new Fed chair is busily setting out his stall and dutifully consulting staff before his first policy meeting later this month.
Technip Energies NV: * ANNOUNCES THE PRICING OF ITS ?500 MILLION NOTES MATURING IN 2033. * NOTES OFFERING CLOSING ANTICIPATED ON JUNE 10, 2026. * OFFERING WAS MORE THAN FIVE TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED AMONG A BROAD EUROPEAN INVESTOR BASE. * AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 4% SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES Source text: Further company coverage:
Egypt is finalising plans for its first yen-denominated bond sale in three years, foreign minister Badr Abdelatty told Reuters on a trip to Japan on Thursday. The African Development Bank said in December it would partially guarantee Cairo's planned $500 million-equivalent Samurai bonds on the Japanese markets this year.
Japan's government expects the Bank of Japan to conduct appropriate monetary policy toward a sustainable 2% inflation target that is driven by wage growth in close coordination with the government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said on Thursday.
Celcuity Inc. (CELC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of targeted therapies for the treatment of multiple solid tumor indications, today announced the pricing of its upsized underwritten public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0.250% convertible senior notes due 2032.
Japanese government bond yields were varied on Thursday, with the benchmark edging higher while short-end yields extended gains as investors weighed firmer Bank of Japan rate-hike expectations and global inflation concerns.
B&G Foods, Inc. (BGS) announced today the pricing of an offering of $475.0 million aggregate principal amount of 11.00% senior notes due 2031 in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. B&G Foods (BGS) estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $456.3 million after deducting discounts, fees and expenses related to the offering.
* Fed's Beige Book highlights inflationary pressures, modest growth. * Outlook for economic growth uncertain, with signs of weak consumer spending. * Warsh convenes his first policy meeting as Fed chief in two weeks. * Fed's Logan says she is concerned a rate hike may be needed. By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider.
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh inherits an economy bolstered by an AI investment boom but pinched by rising prices from the Iran war, a Fed survey showed on Wednesday, setting up a fight over an interest rate hike when he runs his first policy meeting in two weeks.
CES Energy Solutions Corp (CESDF): * CES Energy Solutions Corp (CESDF). ANNOUNCES REFINANCING OF ITS 6.875% SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES WITH 5.625% SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES. * CES ENERGY SOLUTIONS (CESDF) - ANNOUNCES $300 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF 5.63% NOTES DUE JUNE 15, 2033.
Not for Distribution to United States Newswire Services or for Dissemination in the United States. CES Energy Solutions Corp. (CESDF) announced today that it has entered into an underwriting agreement with a syndicate of underwriters to sell, pursuant to a private placement, $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% senior unsecured notes due June 15, 2033.
QXO, Inc. (QXO) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, QXO Building Products, Inc., has priced its offering of $1.5 billion of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2031 and $1.5 billion of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2034 at par.
OUTFRONT Media Inc (OUT): * OUTFRONT MEDIA ANNOUNCES PRICING OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES OFFERING. * OUTFRONT MEDIA (OUT) - PRICES $500 MILLION 6% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034 Source text: Further company coverage:
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (FRFHF) announces that it has priced a private offering of US$750,000,000 of senior notes due 2056 at an issue price of 100%. The Notes will be unsecured senior obligations of Fairfax and will pay a fixed rate of interest of 6.200% per annum. Fairfax intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes.
NEW YORK, June 3, 2026 OUTFRONT Media Inc. (OUT) today announced that two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries priced a private offering of $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2034.
* Japan more exposed to spillover effects of inflation. * BOJ will keep raising rates at 'appropriate pace', Ueda says. * Ueda signals rate-hike chance even if Iran uncertainty remains. * Delaying rate hike may inflict huge burden on economy. * Speech heightens chance of June rate hike, analysts say. By Leika Kihara.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan on Wednesday said she feels monetary policy is currently "neutral or perhaps even a bit loose," in contrast with what she feels the economy needs in light of inflation that's too high.
DALLAS, June 3, 2026 ATI Inc. (ATI) announced today that it has priced its public offering of senior notes. ATI intends to use approximately $350 million of the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes to redeem all of its outstanding 5.875% Senior Notes due 2027.
Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan on Wednesday said signs of robust economic growth and corporate earnings "going gangbusters" are helping to make her worried that the Fed may need to raise interest rates this year to get inflation back down to its 2% target.
Financial stocks fell in late Wednesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index decreasing 1% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF shedding 1.1%. The Philadelphia Housing Index dropped 0.4%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF rose 0.2%. Bitcoin fell 2.5% to $65,538.2, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries rose 3.6 basis points to 4.49%. In economi...
Financial stocks were lower in late Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index decreasing 0.9% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF shedding 1.1%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was down 0.7%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF was up 0.3%. Bitcoin was falling 2.5% to $65,538.2, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries rose 3.6 basis points t...
* Middle East tensions drive oil prices higher, fueling inflation concerns. * US economic data beats forecasts, with strong private payrolls and factory orders. * Fed's Williams sees no need to change rates despite inflation risks. By Chuck Mikolajczak.
* Fed's 'Beige Book' shows pervasive impact of higher energy prices. * Outlook for economic growth uncertain, with signs of weak consumer spending. * Warsh convenes his first policy meeting as Fed chief in two weeks. By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider.
US economic activity increased at "a slight to moderate" pace in 10 of the 12 Federal Reserve districts since mid-April, though underlying signs were less encouraging, the Fed's latest Beige Book released Wednesday showed.
Brazil's trade surplus reached $7.8 billion in May, official data showed on Wednesday, above market expectations, as higher prices drove export growth at a faster pace than imports. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a $7.7 billion surplus for the month.
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