© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Czech National Bank is seen in central Prague, Czech Republic, August 3, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny By Jan Lopatka and Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech central bank raised its main interest rate by a larger-than-expected 75 basis points on Thursday to 5.75%, the highest since 1999, as inflation soared…
© Reuters. Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits increased to a more than two-month high last week, but remained at a…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past the Bank of England (BoE), after the BoE became the first major world’s central bank to raise rates since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, December 16, 2021. REUTE By David Milliken, William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -The…
© Reuters. Unicredit logo and stock graph are seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit cheered investors by saying it would soon start a 1.6 billion euro ($1.7 billion) share buyback put at risk by the Ukraine war, even as it set aside almost as…
© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday by a half percentage point for the first time since 2000 as the fight against elevated inflation heats up. The Federal Open Market Committee raised its benchmark rate to a range of 0.75% to 1% from 0.25% to 0.5% previously. Ahead…
© Reuters. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday he would keep the chamber’s filibuster rules in place “at all…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the ANZ Banking Group is displayed in the window of a branch in central Sydney, Australia, Aprl 30, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) -Australia and New Zealand Banking Group on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected cash profit for the first half, as it benefited from a pandemic-induced…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman looks on as she walks past cordoned off aisles of non-essential goods at a Walmart store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo 2/2 By Julie Gordon and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Home price growth in Canada is “unsustainably strong” and higher interest rates are…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A street vendor counts his money at the Namdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji By Jihoon Lee and Choonsik Yoo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer prices in April rose much faster than expected and at their quickest pace in 13-and-a-half years over a year earlier,…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Biden’s trade policy agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – All tools are on the table to address rising inflation, including reductions of tariffs on Chinese…





