Europe: ECB Slows Asset Purchases as Draghi Heads for Stimulus Exit The European Central Bank will reduce its monthly bond purchases next year in a

U.S.: Risky Business Set to Dominate High-Yield Bond Market in 2018 If 2017 is judged to be the year of big but boring refinancings for

U.S.: U.S. jobless claims drop to more than 44-year low The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level in more

Asia: Overseas assets held by China’s centrally owned firms top $900 billion The value of overseas assets held by China’s centrally owned enterprises has exceeded

U.S.: U.S. online retail sales likely to surpass $1 trillion by 2027 U.S. online retail sales will surpass $1 trillion by 2027 compared with $445

U.S.: U.S. retail sales surge, driven by autos and gasoline purchases U.S. retail sales recorded their biggest increase in 2-1/2 years in September likely as

U.S.: U.S. producer prices increase; weekly jobless claims fall U.S. producer prices rose in September as the price of gasoline recorded its biggest increase in

U.S.: Fed’s Evans Says Weak Inflation May Not Be Temporary Phenomenon Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said that weak inflation in the

World economic growth improving, even as U.S., UK potential slows: IMF The current broad-based global economic upswing will likely be sustained this year and next,

Europe: ECB still concerned about existing stock of bank bad loans: Mersch The European Central Bank is still concerned with the stock of bad loans