Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Jimmy Carter speaks against a backdrop of solar panels at the White House, June 21, 1979, in ...

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to live to be 100 years old — a feat made even more incredible by the fact that he was alive for 40% of the nation’s history.

Investors in Asia also await China's inflation data for December. Economists polled by Reuters expect growth in consumer prices to remain near zero while producer prices are estimated to slide.

Crude prices reported two straight weeks of gains on hopes of improving demand in China, especially as Beijing prepares to unlock more stimulus measures in the coming months. Colder weather in the US and Europe is also expected to help boost oil demand, especially for distillates.

European stocks are heading for a broadly positive open on Thursday as global markets focus on the inflation outlook.

The new year of 2025 had dawned. As in 1861 or 1939, the feeling that we face a tumultuous year grips many. Events already underway, even before the presidential inauguration, have jumped in the

EU retail trade; Germany foreign trade, industrial production, CPI data for Saxony ... of a day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. Traders await the U.S. jobs report due Friday.

European stocks are heading for a broadly positive open on Thursday as global markets focus on the inflation outlook. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index is expected to open 13 points higher at 8,256, Germany's DAX up 44 points at 20,361, France's CAC up 8 points at 7,454 and Italy's FTSE MIB up 2 points at 35,210, according to data from IG.

Treasury yields were little changed in early trading, with the 10-year hovering near its highest since late April. The latest surge in Treasury yields to multi-month peaks had a few factors behind it,

Adobe data showed that online sales rose 8.7% over 2023, despite fears of a consumer pullback, while in-store sales struggled. One reason: big discounts.

This Friday looks set to be at least a somewhat happy end to the week, with ASX 200 futures pointing to a 38-point gain at open – a +0.46% move up – as the bourse’s general January rally seems to be proving its staying power.

With the inauguration just a few days away, the incoming administration will soon have to transition from campaign rhetoric to the substance of economic policymaking. Casting the economy as a " disaster " was electorally effective, yet no freshly elected president has entered office with a stronger economic backdrop in recent history.