Economics & Data
The US economy added 164,000 jobs in April, bringing unemployment down to a record low of this level.
What is 3.9%?
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates this many times more in 2018.
What is 2 times?
This company posted net losses of $784.6 million for the first quarter but still expected to reach its production milestone in about two months.
What is Tesla?
Shares of this software company went up 31% first day of trading, despite having had a data breach last year.
What is Docusign?
Weighed down by a strong dollar, the price of this commodity fell to its lowest level in fourth month.
What is gold?
This economic measure increased to 128.7 in April, highlighting the US economy’s current strength.
What is the Consumer confidence index?
This Columbia University Professor was nominated to the position of Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Who is Richard Clarida?
This company reported a 14% jump in global revenues in second quarter fiscal 2018 but same-store sales growth was lukewarm, especially in China.
What is Starbucks?
Marathon Petroleum Corp., the second largest refiner in the US, bought this company for $23 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, reflecting growing confidence in rising oil prices after a prolonged slump.
What is Andeavor?
This currency fell to its lowest level against the dollar this year, reflecting expectations of slowing growth in the region
What is the Euro?
The IMF projects the global economy to grow at this rate in 2018, citing increase in investment spending and acceleration in global trade as the main growth drivers.
What is 3.9%?
What was the yield on the 10 yr US Treasury at close of market on Friday?
What is 2.97%?
Wells Fargo reached a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay this amount over claims of improper charges to consumers in its auto and mortgage lending businesses.
What is $1 billion?
This company is going to buy this website-building company, a deal that will allow small business owners to quickly build websites and online stores.
What are Square and Weebly?
Due to inclement weather in major production sites and strong demand in Europe, May-dated contracts for this commodity increased 5.4% to $2702/ton.
What is Cocoa?
This institution announced that it would cut the amount of reserves commercial banks are required to hold by 1 percentage point, a preemptive action to bolster near-term growth.
What is the People’s Bank of China?
The spread between the yields of these two European countries’ 10 Yr was at its lowest since August 2016.
What are Germany and Italy?
Netflix now has 118.9 million total paid subscriptions and 125 million total memberships, with the international segment accounting for this percentage of that number.
What is 55%?
To counter the threat from Amazon, Walmart sold this UK retailer to this competitor to raise $4 billion in cash, in order to invest $5 billion in India.
What are Asda and Sainsbury?
Disappointed by low prices, US farmers are cutting back on acreage of this commodity and soybean, instead opting to produce more lucrative cotton or wheat.
What is Corn?
US international trade deficit in goods and services shrank 15.2% from a month earlier to this seasonally adjusted amount in March, partly reversing a widening last summer.
What is $48.96 billion?
In the past few weeks, the Treasury suggested it would offer this much more that originally anticipated in new issuances over the next quarter?
What is $27 Billion?
AT&T’s overall revenue for the first quarter fell 3.4% year-over-year to $38 billion due to new accounting procedures and declines at these business units.
What is the business solutions and entertainment group?
Comcast offered this amount (in USD) for British broadcaster Sky and considering a $60 billion all-cash offer for most of this company’s assets.
What is $30 billion; 21st Century Fox?
Applying further downward pressure to oil prices, the US Energy Information Administration recently reported that oil production rose to this number barrels a day in February.
What is 10.264 million bpd?