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National Milk Producers Federation CEO Gregg Doud discusses the impact that the port strike could have on various industries and the economy on 'The Bottom Line.'

Business sentiment among Japan’s large manufacturers stood unchanged in the latest quarter from the previous quarter, according to a closely watched survey called “tankan.”

Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s target of 2% for the first time in more than three years

Speaking at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting yesterday (30 September), Powell said the US economy was «strong» and had made «significant progress over the past two years» towards achieving its dual mandate goal of maximising employment and stable prices. Investors relieved by 'aggressive' Fed rate cut but question need of large snip Powell pointed to a «solid» labour market, and said «I have greater confidence that [inflation] is it on a sustainable path back to 2%». Last month, the Fed cut US interest rates by 50bps, the first rate reductions in four ...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s real-estate bust left behind tens of millions of empty housing units. Now that historic glut of unoccupied property is colliding with China’s shrinking population, leaving cities stuck with homes they might never be able to fill.

Adrian Mowat, EM-Equity Strategist, says initially China market rally will lead to outflows from India, but in the medium term, this will be very positive for inflows into emerging market equities by global investors and India ranked first equal as the largest market will benefit from that. It is very difficult to encourage people to buy emerging market ETFs if China is doing poorly, which has been very much the case for the last couple of years. India just got slightly bigger than China, but China and India are two biggest markets in EM and they are both looking very interesting. In terms of the booster shot that we have seen from China, do you believe they are just kicking the can down the road with these stimulus measures and they do need to be supplemented by further course of action? Adrian Mowat: The message is that they will do whatever it takes. So, it feels a bit like listening to Mario Draghi in the years or so after the Global Financial Crisis. They have come through with significant and comprehensive measures that address some of the issues within the China economy. They are not going to solve things overnight. But us as financial market investors need to think about the implications for us. The implications are that the policymakers are really concerned and they are doing as much as they can. They are pushing down interest rates and they are trying to inflate the price of financial assets.

Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reacts to shippers making their counter offer to ILA on The Claman Countdown.

financials are currently the most attractively priced segment of the market today. The valuations in the sector clearly offer a margin of comfort,” says Nitin Raheja, Executive Director, Julius Baer India. In an interview with ETMarkets, Raheja said: “The other segment that we feel strongly about is discretionary consumption which is a multi-decade story in India,” Edited excerpts:

SME segment is responsible for nearly one-third of the country’s manufacturing output. With advancement in technology, more and more small businesses are adapting to the latest technology, including AI. The Indian mid-market businesses are prioritising the implementation of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) at a moderate or strong priority at 96%, ahead of the rest of the world at 91%, says Rajeev Singh, Vice President & Head of Mid-Markets, SAP Indian Subcontinent, citing a SAP survey released in September. Singh also believes there is an immense potential in the segment in terms of technology adoption. In an interaction with ET Digital, Singh says that many SMEs are still evaluating how they can make business outcomes out of AI. Edited excerpts:

Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power. The powerful and feared organization has ruled the nation — home to close to one-fifth of the world's population — for 75 years, surpassing the 74-year Soviet era in Russia. The party survived years of self-inflicted tumult after it took control in 1949. A major course correction in 1978 transformed the country into an industrial giant with an economy second in size only to the United States.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Given India’s troubles with the current account in its not-so-distant history, it’s comforting that it is now well in control. Going by data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the deficit on this account stood at 1.1% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the three months ended in June.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Placement teams at India’s top technology schools are chasing potential recruiters early to avoid a repeat of last year’s struggle to land jobs for their graduates, even as companies are still undecided about their hiring numbers. While recruiters from information technology and related services, core industries, manufacturing and banking sectors have started registering with the Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs), the companies haven’t disclosed their targets for the batch of 2025, according to a placement officer at one of the new IITs.

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Fed rate cuts, and the past jobs data. However, Kaiser can now give a sigh of relief, as the market seems to be taking the course of normalizing and growth, as their is a chance of «hugely bullish» outcome for equities this week.

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Donald Trump's running mate in the US elections, was denied entry into a mid-scale sandwich shop in Pittsburg, by the staffers. According to reports, this plan to halt at a sandwich shop was unannounced and therefore staffs at the Pittsburg shop ended up getting startled at the massive size of Vance' team, including a phalanx of Secret Service agents guarding him.

Chinese economy out of crisis.

Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka discusses the key issues of the impending ports strike on Cavuto: Coast to Coast.

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