rates

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Life insurers can plan around mortality rates, but it is hard to know when a bad year for hurricanes or wildfires will force property insurers to shell out huge quantities of cash to settle claims.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit -- the smartphone.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That might not mean Warsh will increase rates next week at his first policy meeting as head of the central bank, but he may need to start talking about it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Wix downgraded its 2026 full-year bookings and revenue growth forecasts to low-teens percentage rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

House prices were still rising, and yet default rates were approaching 4 percent; if they rose to just 7 percent, the lowest investment-grade bonds, rated triple-B-minus, went to zero.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis