U.S. credit markets weren't the epicenter of last week's sharp selloff in bonds. But the above chart shows how concerned investors became in the wake of President Trump's April 2 tariffs. It tracks ...

It indicates increased consumer credit adoption beyond metropolitan centers, offering growth prospects to lenders targeting aspirational middle-class consumers outside large urban areas. 2. Decline in ...

Spreads on U.S. six-month credit default swaps (CDS) - market-based gauges of the risk of a default - widened to 70 basis points on Friday from 65 bps on Thursday, according to S&P Global Market ...

“We want to be sure that any potential agreements with the IMF do not end up prolonging that credit swap that they have with China. ... That’s our priority.” With the currency deal in place, “China ...

The U.S. corporate high-yield default rate stood at 2.5% for the 12 months ended Feb. 28, according to data provided by Fitch Ratings. The default rate was 2.9% and 2.6% in 2023 and 2024 ...

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina was released from Kremlin custody in a prisoner swap with the United States on Thursday morning. Karelina was freed in exchange for German-Russian Arthur ...

Investing.com – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today that trade negotiations are actively ongoing following the administration’s sweeping tariff rollout, with roughly 70 countries reaching ...

"Among common recession gauges, only the VIX is at levels associated with past recession peaks: longer-dated equity volatility, credit spreads and the yield curve are not," Goldman Sachs analysts said ...

Both one-year and six-month U.S. credit default swaps--which act as insurance against a default--jumped seven basis points to 58 basis points, the highest reading since May 2023, S&P Global Market ...