(Reuters) -Asia's big manufacturing hubs struggled to fire up in October, business surveys showed on Monday, as weak U.S. demand and tariffs under President Donald Trump hit factory orders across the region. While Trump's visit to Asia last week led to some progress in trade negotiations with large manufacturing economies such as China and South Korea, exporters continue to be...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. consumer's durability as a prop for the economy may be tested in coming weeks as family budgets, particularly among the less affluent, are stressed by rising healthcare costs, the potential loss of federal food benefits, and a wobbly job market outlook that is already taking a toll on earnings. November is typically the start of a...

By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -Parts of the U.S. economy, particularly housing, may already be in recession because of high interest rates, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, repeating his call for the Federal Reserve to accelerate rate cuts. I think that we are in good shape, but I think that there are sectors of the economy that are in...

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market remains under pressure and falling in October. Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 3% to $107,500 in the past 24 hours, while ETH, XRP, BNB and SOL have seen even bigger losses. The CoinDesk 20 Index fell more than 4%. Among the top 100 coins, only ICP, ASTER and HASH...