Japan is offloading billions of dollars in US Treasuries as it fights to prop up its currency. New numbers from the US Treasury Department show Japan sold $22 billion in Treasury securities in May, reducing its holdings to $1.1283 trillion. The move marks the second month in a row that...

Japan Dumps $22,000,000,000 in US Treasuries in One Month As Government Mounts Billion-Dollar Battle To Prop Up Currency

David Riedel of Riedel Research Group says Beijing needs to be "very focused on domestic strength" as the country can no longer count on an export-led recovery.

Diversification of supply chains is 'holding back' China's economic recovery: David Riedel

New loans in the world's second-largest economy came in at only 260 billion yuan ($36.28 billion), plunging 88% from a year ago and missing expectations of 450 billion yuan. The decline was driven in part by a crackdown on "self-circulating" practices on loans in the financial system. China's new bank...

China's new loans hit a 15-year low, but investors 'should not panic'

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar held gains against the euro on Thursday, pulling the European common currency back from a seven-month peak, after U.S. economic data eased fears of a recession risk and dampened expectations for aggressive interest-rate cuts.

Dollar holds gains on reassuring data, euro slips

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The Chinese yuan spiked against the US dollar on Monday in moves that were similar to the Japanese yen carry trade unwind.

Markets are worried about the Chinese yuan sparking a new wave of turmoil

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Japanese stocks led the gains in World markets Friday after Wall Street rallied to one of its best days of the year as data showed the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected, with particular credit going to the country’s shoppers. European markets were mostly higher. Germany’s DAX...

Global markets higher with Japan stocks surge over 3% after US retail data boosts Wall Street

As new government data shows inflation subsiding, Social Security beneficiaries may expect a lower cost-of-living adjustment in 2025. The prospective Social Security COLA for 2025 could be the lowest since 2021, according to a new estimate. Even as new government inflation data shows inflation subsiding, many retirees are still struggling...

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.6% in 2025, new estimate finds

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. Jewells Chambers doesn't look like a typical Icelander. In a country where 94% of people identify as native Icelandic, Chambers, a Black American woman, is among the other 6%.

38-year-old American expat lives on $73,000 in one of the world's most expensive countries: 'I feel safe, I feel at home'

When you're interviewing for a job, "asking great questions is such an underrated way to differentiate yourself from everyone else," says Nolan Church, former Google recruiter and current CEO of salary data company FairComp. Good questions can help make the case for why you're a rockstar at work. But asking...

Always ask these 4 questions when you're interviewing for a job, says ex-Google recruiter

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday offered his thinking on five stocks outside the Investing Club portfolio.

Tuesday's rapid fire: Home Depot, On Holding, Baxter, Hormel Foods and Micron

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

When he was 27 years old, Bernard Meyer moved from the U.S. to Lithuania: the world's happiest country for young people. After over a decade in the northeastern Europe country, he says earning less money is worth the sacrifice for a much better quality of life. Meyer, a senior communications...

Earn less, relax more: An American who moved to Lithuania describes life in the world’s happiest country for young people

Travis McCourt, Raymond James institutional equity strategist, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the markets as he anticipates a third unwind coming for the markets.

Raymond James' Travis McCourt says he's bracing for 'the third unwind' in the consumer

Melissa Minkow, director of retail strategy at CI&T, discusses the latest trends in U.S. consumer spending, the new Victoria Secret CEO, and what promotions mean for companies' profitability.

Consumers still spending despite how they feel about a recession, retail strategist says

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck areas near Las Vegas on Tuesday night, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS). The quake, which occurred at 8:06 p.m., was centered approximately 45 minutes from Las Vegas, near Indian Springs.

Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake Shakes Areas Near Las Vegas

More than a week into Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region and the gains made have likely exceeded even Kyiv's highest expectations. Ukrainian forces now occupy more than 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory and have captured 74 settlements, Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said. Moscow has yet...

Ukraine must decide how its Russian incursion ends — advance further or retreat before it's too late

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A long, frenzied bond rally in China has stalled, with prices down and turnover tumbling as investors step back after intensifying intervention by Beijing to stop yields from falling.

Analysis-China manages to halt bond bulls in their tracks, for now

Dividend stocks lost some sheen over the last couple of years, as higher interest rates lowered the appeal of fat dividend yields. However, with a September rate cut looking like the most likely scenario, high-yielding stocks could be back in action. I believe Enbridge (ENB) and Rio Tinto (RIO) are two dividend stocks yielding almost 7% that investors can buy in August.

2 Dividend Stocks Yielding Almost 7% to Buy in August Before the Fed Cuts Rates

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in a recent talk at Stanford that tech giants are planning for increasingly large investments into Nvidia-based AI data centers. "I'm talking to the big companies, and the big companies are telling me they need $20 billion, $50 billion, $100 billion" in AI infrastructure, Schmidt said.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt sees Nvidia as big AI winner: 'You know what to do in the stock market'

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Sumitomo Mitsui sees stability for Philippine peso after BSP cut, upside for Thai baht

With potential rate cuts from the Fed in view,...

Sumitomo Mitsui sees stability for Philippine peso after BSP cut, upside for Thai baht

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