Bloomberg US consumer confidence edged up in March, suggesting solid job growth offset Americans’ concerns over decades-high inflation that poses a risk to spending and growth. The Conference Board’s index increased to 107.2 from a downwardly revised 105.7 reading in February, which was the lowest in a year, according to the group’s report Tuesday. The median forecast in a ...

  Bloomberg Hurricane Ida and the freakish winter storm that froze Texas last February topped last year’s list of most damaging storms, according to the annual report on insurance industry losses caused by natural catastrophes put out by reinsurance giant Swiss Re. The report found that global economic losses from natural catastrophes such as floods, hurricanes and wildfires reached $270 ...

  Bloomberg Stocks fall and energy prices rose as skepticism about Russia’s promise to de-escalate the war in Ukraine renewed concerns about higher raw material prices and commodity disruption. Europe’s Stoxx 600 snapped a three-day winning streak after surging to the highest level in five weeks. US futures slipped amid warnings that gains of the past two weeks have the ...