© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to news media in Ottawa OTTAWA (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic and its damaging impact on women has underlined the need for a national childcare plan, which would also help the economic recovery, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. Since taking up her job…
No results matched your search Economy8 hours ago (Apr 08, 2021 04:55PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve plans to keep its super-easy policy in place even as data shows the economy kicking into higher gear, with…
No results matched your search Economy5 hours ago (Apr 07, 2021 06:45PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund logo is seen inside the headquarters at the end of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are planning to launch a platform…
© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday made a fiery appeal for U.S companies to foot most of the bill for his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan, but signaled an openness to negotiate…
No results matched your search Economy2 hours ago (Apr 06, 2021 03:30PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People shop on 5th Avenue in New York WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Community bankers think of themselves as having a keen sense of the economic pulse in the cities, towns and rural areas where they do business, and if…
No results matched your search Economy2 hours ago (Apr 06, 2021 03:21PM ET) 2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Newly manufactured Ford Motor Co. 2021 F-150 pick-up trucks are seen waiting for missing parts in Dearborn 2/2 By David Lawder (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday unprecedented public spending to fight the COVID-19…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cecilia Rouse, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 1, 2020 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States must invest heavily in its workforce, infrastructure, research and development remain competitive and stay the world’s largest economy, Cecilia Rouse, chair…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden holds Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Monday defended his proposal to increase corporate taxes to help pay for a big boost in U.S. infrastructure spending, saying he is not at all worried the tax hike would…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Real estate signs advertise new homes for sale in multiple new developments in York County, South Carolina By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The breakout of and meme stocks may have captured the headlines during the pandemic, but people still see buying a primary residence as a better and less nerve-racking…
No results matched your search Economy2 hours ago (Apr 05, 2021 01:15PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County (Reuters) -Shares of Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:) declined more than 6% as the U.S. oil producer’s $6.4 billion acquisition of rival…