2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A gas burner is pictured on a cooker in a private home in Bordeaux, soutwestern France, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau 2/2 By Dhara Ranasinghe and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – Soaring gas prices, staff shortages, a lack of ships — price pressures globally may be picking up faster than…
3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo 2/3 By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The slim-but-growing possibility of a fiscal crisis if Congress doesn’t act on the debt ceiling is getting increasing attention…
2/2 © Reuters. A woman wearing a face mask shops at a market in Madrid, Spain, May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera 2/2 By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s inflation surged to a 13-year-high in September as consumer prices rose a higher than expected 4% year-on-year, official data showed on Wednesday, adding pressure…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, U.S., September 28, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Pool via REUT By Howard Schneider (Reuters) -Resolving “tension” between high inflation and still-elevated unemployment is the…
© Reuters. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, U.S., September 28, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Pool via REUTERS By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday she is looking for…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks from Marine One as he returns from Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and his top aides on Tuesday pushed members of his own party to fund not just infrastructure but…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song 2/2 By Arshad Mohammed and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – The United States has reached out to China diplomatically about reducing its purchases of Iranian crude oil, U.S. and European officials said on…
© Reuters. A woman walks past closed shops at the Thanon Mitr Market, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/Files BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s economy is forecast to grow 1% this year, down from the 2.2% projected in July, hit by a spike in COVID-19 cases…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Labourers at a construction site in Shanghai, China. Picture taken July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The East Asia and Pacific region’s recovery has been undermined by the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, which is likely slowing economic growth and increasing inequality in the region, the World…
3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) questions Zalmay Khalilzad, special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS 2/3 By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat and Republican on the…