© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index edged higher on Friday, adding to this week’s gains, as rising concern that Russia could invade Ukraine sent oil and gold prices…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday rejected an appeal by 18 Democratic lawmakers who want the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end its practice of…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking committee’s top Republican on Friday took renewed aim at President Joe Biden’s nominee to a senior Federal Reserve post, Sarah Bloom Raskin, suggesting she had improperly lobbied the head of the Kansas City Fed on behalf of a fintech firm on whose board she then served. In an interview…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A ‘Wall St’ sign is seen above two ‘One Way’ signs in New York August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Friday for the second straight day, as investors fretted about potential steep U.S. interest rate hikes…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s economic growth probably slowed in the final quarter of 2021, but is expected to have hit a new annual record after authorities lifted coronavirus curbs and adopted expansive policies, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. According to the median forecast from 16 analysts, Colombia’s fourth-quarter gross domestic product…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo (Reuters) – The U.S. economy could grow more slowly in the first quarter than was expected last fall, but the unemployment rate may come down faster, according to a survey of forecasters released Friday by the Philadelphia Federal…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., on January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo 2/2 (Reuters) – Major U.S. investment banks have pencilled in a strong run of interest rate hikes for 2022 after hotter-than-expected inflation data ramped up pressure on the Federal Reserve to take a firmer…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., on January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts By Ann Saphir and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) Dunsmuir (Reuters) – The unexpectedly large jump in U.S. consumer prices last month has bolstered the view that the Federal Reserve is late to the fight against the strongest inflation…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Mexico’s Central Bank (Banco de Mexico) is seen at its building in downtown Mexico City, Mexico February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s central bank on Thursday raised its benchmark interest rate as expected by 50 basis points to 6.00%, a sixth straight rate increase, as…
© Bloomberg. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at Germanna Community College in Culpeper, Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Biden touted his efforts to roll back prescription drug costs in a statement on inflation released today and is highlighting his administration’s work to lower health care costs for American families. (Bloomberg) — President Joe…





