Economy

What's next for global markets as oil surges and stocks plunge on Middle East conflict

As volatility gripped assets from stocks to crypto on Tuesday, market watchers weighed in on what might come next for global investors.

43% of workers want to change careers this year, survey finds

More than 4 in 10 people — or 43% — are trying to change their career fields this year, according to a new report by online employment platform FlexJobs.

What are today's mortgage interest rates: March 3, 2026?

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Which states have no sales tax on silver and gold?

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FCC chief tells CNBC WBD-Paramount merger deal is ‘cleaner’ than Netflix's, will be approved 'quickly'

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told CNBC on Tuesday that Netflix's previous Warner Bros. Discovery offer "raised a lot of competition concerns."

Canada and India move to reset ties as trust in U.S. falters

India and Canada's relations have thawed with the two sides promising to deepen trade, but it is far from a complete reset.

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert

Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

Middle East war sends natural gas prices soaring, raising growth shock risk for Europe and Asia

Disruption to LNG supplies could dent European growth and harm reindustrialization ambitions.

Luxury stocks slump as Middle East conflict risks one of the sector’s 'few bright spots’

The Middle East has been one of the few bright spots in a sector that is struggling to get sales back on track.

Stocks set to slide as investors focus on the Iran war's impact on energy supplies

U.S. stock futures pointed to steep losses on Tuesday as investors eyed threats to world energy supplies from the Iran war. Oil prices surged on worries that the war could clog the global flow of crude.

Stock markets slump amid Iran war as gas prices jump 30% to three-year high

FTSE 100 on track for its worst day in 11 months, while Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi also fall

The Disappearing American Mortgage

Young and working-class people aren’t getting on the property ladder anymore.