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President Donald Trump refused Wednesday to commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses the 2020 election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “Well, we’ll have to see what happens. You know that. I’ve been complaining very strongly about.

Stock futures fell during early morning trading on Thursday, building on Wednesday’s heavy losses that saw the S&P 500 tumble more than 2%. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell back into negative territory and declined about.

Europe is now grappling with a second wave of coronavirus infections that could once again wreak significant damage on the region’s economy. The euro zone, the area that shares the single currency, saw its economy tank by 11.8% in the.

Gold’s Outperformance of Stocks Could Be EndingOver the past year, gold prices have surged nearly 25%. That’s on top of gains the metal has shown since 2016. In the same period, stocks have dealt with a swift and massive bear.

The damage to labor markets from the coronavirus is proving worse than anticipated, according to the International Labour Organization, which also sees a much slower recovery at the end of this year. The ILO said that global working hour losses.

The increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases in Europe has hurt business activity indices. One after another, preliminary PMI estimates from European countries fell short of expectations. The service sector of the euro area has returned to decline..

U.S. equity futures advanced with European stocks as markets built upward momentum after the September selloff cut valuations. Gold slipped below $1,900 an ounce. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average outperformed those on the Nasdaq 100 as bulls showed.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is moving about 200 billion euros ($230 billion) from the U.K. to Frankfurt as a result of Britain’s exit from the European Union, a shift that will make it one of the largest banks in Germany..

Euro zone business growth ground to a halt this month, throwing the economic recovery into question, as fresh restrictions to quell a resurgence in coronavirus infections slammed the services industry into reverse, a survey showed on Wednesday. The renewed downturn.

Investors slashed $50 billion from Tesla Inc’s market value on Tuesday despite CEO Elon Musk’s promise to cut electric vehicle costs so radically that a $25,000 car that drives itself will be possible, but not for at least three years..

The two US economic policymakers, the Fed Governor and Treasury Secretary are supporting interest in US assets, strengthening both the dollar and the equity market yesterday. Mnuchin and Powell noted during the Congressional hearing that the US economy is recovering.

President Donald Trump has said the 200,000 US deaths from coronavirus were “a shame” in response to a reporter’s question about the milestone in the country’s fight against the pandemic. As Trump was departing for an election campaign event in.