© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund – World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank Group will have committed $2 billion in financing by the end of April for COVID-19 vaccines in some 40…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President Biden speaks about jobs and the economy from the White House in Washington 2/2 By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to sharply hike spending on climate change, cancer and underperforming schools, but his first budget wishlist on Friday drew howls of bipartisan concern…
No results matched your search Economy8 hours ago (Apr 08, 2021 04:15PM ET) By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s benchmark Selic interest rate is set to reach its neutral level next year, a central bank director said on Thursday, adding that policymakers’ baseline scenario is for a Selic of 3% in real terms, or…
© 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…