Marriages Tick Up in Asia but Long-Term Demographic Challenges Persist

For the first time in about a decade, the number of marriages in South Korea last year increased from the previous year, according to data revealed by the country’s statistics office on Tuesday. The same thing occurred in China, according to data released earlier this month by the country’s civil affairs ministry. The upticks were … Read more

Worries over rate cuts persist

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on July 06, 2023 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

US Credit Card Debt Hits $1.13 Trillion as High Prices Persist

Total credit card debt reached another record high in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the latest Household Debt and Credit Report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The outstanding balance grew to $1.13 trillion, an increase of $50 billion over a 90-day period. A spike in credit card debt for the … Read more

Russia unleashes missile barrage at Ukraine as holiday strikes persist

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia bombarded Ukrainian cities with an overnight assault of drones and missiles Tuesday, extending a vicious wave of holiday-season strikes on population centers by Moscow and Kyiv that has left dozens of civilians dead and suggests a brutal new stage of the war that … Read more

JPMorgan’s big profit growth isn’t likely to persist

The JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York, US, on Friday, July 7, 2023. Michael Nagle| Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what … Read more

Why Do Kosovo-Serbia Tensions Persist? Here is What to Know

BELGRADE, Serbia — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew this week after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas within the area’s north and seized native municipality buildings. There have been violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and NATO-led peacekeepers on one facet and native Serbs on the opposite, leaving dozens of individuals injured on either side. … Read more