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The dollar was little changed as the minutes of the fed’s January meeting maintained a “dovish” tone, indicating flexibility on whether to raise interest rates and considering a possible end to its tightening soon.Despite recent optimism about the outcome of the u.s.-china trade talks, franklin said there is still some safe-haven demand for the dollar as the March 1 deadline approaches, but the fed will continue to favor a dovish tone and limit dollar moves. U.S. President Donald trump signaled his willingness to delay a March 1, 2019 deadline to complete trade talks with China, and new orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft fell 0.7 percent in December, the fourth decline in five months, with the dollar index falling 0.41 percent on a weekly basis. While the euro zone’s preliminary manufacturing purchasing managers’ index for February came in at 49.2, below market expectations, a better than expected reading on economic sentiment and consumer sentiment lifted...

If you have   student loans   in 2019, you also have a somewhat distressingly large number of different ways to pay them back. Besides the   standard repayment   plan , in which the government calculates a monthly bill based on what you owe, there’s a graduated plan for people who want to pay more later, which is somehow different from what the system calls paying-as-you-earn and income-contingent repayment. In other words, deciding to take on debt for what   hopefully will be a worthwhile degree   is just the first in a series of complicated decisions that may dictate what much of your adult financial life looks like. Now Lamar Alexander, the Republican chairman of the Senate committee that deals with education issues, is pushing a proposal—one that stands a non-zero chance of passing—promising to condense repayment alternatives into just two clear options. But it could also let the government dip into borrowers’s paychecks, making the already-...

The trade and industry ministry said it was maintaining its forecast for growth of 1.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent in 2019, but that it expected growth to be slightly below the middle of the range. Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.2 per cent in 2018, down from 3.9 per cent in 2017, according to the 2018 Singapore economic survey report released by the ministry of trade and industry on feb 15, 2019. The government had previously forecast GDP growth of 3.3 per cent in 2018, based on data from October and November. Singapore’s manufacturing sector grew 7.2 per cent in 2018, led by electronics manufacturing, transport engineering and biomedicine, according to the latest report. However, the increase was slower than the 10.4 per cent recorded in 2017. In addition, Singapore construction dropped 3.4 percent in 2018, which is better than the 10.2% drop in 2017; Services grew 3 percent in 2018, down from 3.2 percent in 2017. The trade and industry ministry said ...

The latest data from estate agents, haart, has revealed that during August house prices across England and Wales fell by 1.9% and by 3.1% on the year with the average price of a home now sitting at £223,834. According to the figures, new buyer demand for homes fell by 4.5% on the month but is up 13% annually. The number of properties coming onto the market fell by 1.5% but has risen by 11.1% on the year. In August there were over 11 buyers chasing every property across England and Wales. The market has become more efficient this month, as the number of transactions has risen by 10%, whilst the number of viewings has risen by 1.1% suggesting that buyers looked at fewer properties before choosing to buy. The average purchase price for first-time buyers has risen by 2.9% on the month and by 9% on the year. This comes as the number of first-time buyers registering onto the market has increased by 2.8% on the month and by 25.5% on the year. The average amount first-time bu...