At Jackson Hole, Post-Inflation Challenges Vex Central Bankers
The world’s top central bankers stressed the need to keep interest rates high until inflation is contained —
2023-08-28 04:50
Sanders Urges Automakers to Reach ‘Fair’ Contract With UAW
The three biggest US carmakers should sit down with the United Auto Workers union and “negotiate a contract
2023-08-28 01:16
US Energy Exports on Agenda for G-7 Meeting, McCarthy Says
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he plans to promote US natural gas exports at a meeting with his
2023-08-28 00:53
Crypto’s Latest Craze Friend.tech Is Overrun by Bots, ‘Speculative Games’
Blink and you’ll probably miss the latest crypto fad. A hot new social-media project that enlivened an otherwise
2023-08-27 21:19
Emerging-Market Funding Gets Creative as Dollar Bonds Dry Up
At the BRICS summit in Johannesburg this week, a key item on the agenda was reducing dollar dependence
2023-08-27 20:57
Saudi Arabia Signals Interest in Champions League Football Entry
Saudi Arabia is interested in discussions about joining Europe’s top football club tournament, the Champions League, as the
2023-08-27 14:51
German Inflation Trauma of 1923 Strikes an Uneasy Chord Today
By late-1923, hyperinflation had rendered Germany’s currency so worthless that one woman used several billion marks of banknotes
2023-08-27 13:48
Zimbabwe Leader Wins New Term, Monitors Says Vote was Flawed
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of an election that observers said was deeply flawed, extending
2023-08-27 06:54
Slower US Job Growth to Support Fed Patience
Employment growth in the world’s largest economy probably cooled and wage increases moderated in August, suggesting a further
2023-08-27 05:28
Junkiest Debt Rallies as Investors Brush Off Fed
Credit investors have decided that they’re more than willing to fight the Federal Reserve as the central bank
2023-08-27 03:47
Jackson Hole and Mugshot Buzz: Your Saturday US Briefing
This week, the world watched as former president Donald Trump surrendered in Atlanta on charges that he conspired
2023-08-26 23:48
Fed Latest: China Still Embedded in US Supply Chain, Paper Finds
China remains embedded in US supply chains even as American firms have taken steps to reduce direct imports
2023-08-26 22:47