© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the eastern Swiss Alps, Lake Zurich and the city of Zurich, Switzerland, April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann//File Photo By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss banks have criticised planned new measures designed to cool the country’s red hot property market, saying the steps were unnecessary and would do…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTOS: Signs of JP Morgan Chase Bank, Citibank and Wells Fargo & Co. bank are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photos By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. banks will enjoy stronger growth this year from their “bread-and-butter” business of taking deposits and lending money as the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the strong GDP growth figure released on Thursday, saying his economic plan is working and urging Congress to…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell for a second straight month in December amid record low inventory. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Thursday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts, dropped 3.8% last month to 117.7. Pending home sales fell in all four regions. Economists…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man takes a picture with his phone of an electronic board showing the recent fluctuations of market indices on Brazil’s B3 Stock Exchange in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s outstanding public debt is expected to increase this year to a range between 6 trillion…
© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday appeared to lay out the carpet for a March rate hike after saying it may “soon” begin to raise interest rates to bring red-hot inflation under control. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged within the 0% to 0.25% range, but signalled that liftoff in…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is seen delivering remarks on a screen as a trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on…
© Reuters. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House plans to host the chief executives of major U.S. companies including auto and tech sector firms on Wednesday to discuss President Joe Biden’s…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A truck drives between shipping containers at a container terminal at Incheon port in Incheon, South Korea, May 26, 2016.REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in 11 years in 2021 helped by a jump in exports…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A customer looks at products marked with discounted prices on display at a chemist in a shopping mall in central Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s core inflation flew to its fastest annual pace since 2014 in the December quarter as fuel and…





