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Many market pundits expect a recession in 2023 as policymakers continue raising interest rates to cool the economy and quell inflation. Retirees looking for stable passive income might consider adding fundamentally sound dividend-paying stocks, Walmart (WMT), Kellogg Company (K), and Cardinal Health (CAH), to their portfolios now. Keep reading….

Foreign investors withdrew more money from equities in emerging Asian economies in 2022 than they had in any year since the global financial crisis in 2008, as rising US interest rates pulled funds towards dollar assets.

Mary Hainds had been working in sales at a small construction technology startup for about six months before she was laid off in October. In the weeks that followed, she interviewed for other tech sales jobs in earnest and received job offers.

U.S. auto sales likely rose in December and will rebound in the new year as a recovery in vehicle production will more than offset the effects of inflation and rising interest rates.

Where is the global economy heading in 2023? After all the challenges of last year, it’s a question we ask with trepidation. Just as the economy was dealing with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February ramped up inflation.

The year 2022 witnessed an unprecedented decline in the exchange rates of a number of national currencies in some Middle Eastern countries, most notably Egypt, Türkiye, Sudan and Iraq. The value of some of the region’s currencies fell against the US dollar, while others saw very sharp deteriorations, as is…

Rising inflation and interest rates have led to upheaval in global share markets and that trend could continue in the new year.

Rising interest rates continue to shave value off Australia's property market, with Melbourne home prices closing in on pre-pandemic levels.

It’s been a rollercoaster year for families as a cost of living crisis has combined with steep interest rate hikes to squeeze millions.

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is warning that this year will be tougher than the last and that the war in Ukraine, rising inflation and higher interest rates will weigh heavily on the global economy. She expects the EU to be particularly hard hit, with…