© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers weigh goods in an open-air fruit and vegetable market in Caracas, Venezuela December 22, 2020. Picture taken December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s annual inflation rate hit 686.4% in 2021, demonstrating a deceleration of consumer price growth versus the previous year when inflation was…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visits Orlen Lietuva oil refinery in Mazeikiai, Lithuania, June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to announce more additions to the country’s anti-inflationary package on Tuesday, government spokesperson Piotr Muller said on Saturday. The measures in the whole…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Isabel Schnabel, member of the German advisory board of economic experts attends the 29th Frankfurt European Banking Congress (EBC) at the Old Opera house in Frankfurt, Germany November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Rising energy prices may force the European Central Bank to stop “looking through” high inflation and act…
© Reuters. Macron Doubles Down on Plan to ‘Piss Off’ the Unvaccinated (Bloomberg) — President Emmanuel Macron on Friday stood by the uncompromising stance and combative language he directed earlier this week at France’s unvaccinated citizens amid record numbers of new Covid-19 cases. Macron in a Tuesday interview with Le Parisien used salty language — saying…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it disbursed about $2.9 billion in Emergency Rental Assistance funds to 665,000 renters and landlords during…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s sovereign bonds fell on Thursday after its economy minister said it would be difficult to reach agreement with the International Monetary Fund…
© Bloomberg. China Customs officers raise a Chinese flag during a rehearsal for a flag-raising ceremony along the Bund past buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District at sunrise in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. A wall of maturing debt and a surge in seasonal demand for cash will test China’s financial markets this…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: United States one dollar bills are curled and inspected during production at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington November 14, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Futures on the federal funds rate on Wednesday have priced in a roughly 80% chance of a quarter-percentage-point…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks before the media at his official residence as an extraordinary Diet session was closed, in Tokyo, Japan December 21, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday called on business lobbies and unions to work together to “boldly…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sign of China Mobile is seen on a street in Shanghai, China January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 2/2 SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China Mobile Ltd shares gave up strong early gains but finished the day higher in their Shanghai debut on Wednesday, after the company raised 48.7 billion yuan ($7.64 billion)…





