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© Reuters. A cargo ship and containers are seen at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan, February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan recorded its largest current account deficit since the start of 2014 in January as a jump in oil import costs offset gains in investment income, with continuing…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A well head and drilling rig in the Yarakta oilfield, owned by Irkutsk Oil Company (INK), in the Irkutsk region, Russia, March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko By Humeyra Pamuk and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and European allies are exploring banning imports of Russian oil, U.S. Secretary of State…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Trucks arrive to pick up containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. and European economies are facing a heightened risk of a recession this year as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine severely disrupts supply chains and…

Russian officials said they want a written guarantee that sanctions related to its invasion of Ukraine will not impact the country’s trade with Iran if the nuclear deal is restored, the Wall Street Journal reports.Driving the news: The U.S. and Iran are close to reaching a deal to bring back the 2015 Iran nuclear pact,…

2/2 © Reuters. Traders looks at financial information on computer screens on the IG Index trading floor in London, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Files 2/2 By Dhara Ranasinghe, Yoruk Bahceli and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Financial indicators signalled increasing signs of stresses spreading through global markets on Friday as concerns grow over the…

© Reuters. Customers walk past a fruit stall at a street market, in Mexico City, Mexico December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Cortes MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s year-on-year inflation likely accelerated in February after cooling slightly over the previous two months, a Reuters poll showed Friday, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will continue to raise…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A restaurant advertising jobs looks to attract workers in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo/File Photo By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth surged in February, pushing the unemployment rate to a two-year low of 3.8%, raising optimism that the economy could withstand mounting headwinds from…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ingots of 99.98% and 99.97% pure palladium are seen at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/ By Brijesh Patel (Reuters) – Palladium extended gains to a more than seven-month high on Thursday, spurred by concerns over supply shortages following harsh…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he thinks that countries like France would “probably not” put up a fight against a Russian invasion.”A lot of other places around the world, they just fold the minute there’s any type of adversity,” DeSantis told reporters at an event at the University of South Florida in Tampa on Wednesday.…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Marc Rowan of Apollo Global Management, LLC, takes part in a panel discussion of Credit Markets: What’s Next? during the 2014 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) Inc Chief Executive Marc Rowan said on Tuesday…