Hong Kong’s home prices have proved resilient to months of protests and now the coronavirus epidemic, a one-two punch that the city’s finance chief likened over the weekend to “tsunami-like” shocks. While a hit is probably coming, the world’s least affordable housing market still looks a better place to be than in Hong Kong office or retail property. Home prices ...

Consumer debt is rising in the US, and the reaction to this news has been both heated and predictable: “Americans in record debt: It’s our own fault,” read one headline in a conservative publication last week. A business website went with something more colourful: “The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q4 2019.” And presidential candidates have chimed in to ...

Bloomberg US equity futures rose on Tuesday while European shares fluctuated as the selloff that wiped out this year’s gains in global stocks showed signs of easing. Treasuries were steady and the dollar slipped. Contracts on all three major US indexes rose, though they pared early gains that suggested American markets are poised to claw back just a fraction of ...