Browsing: Economy

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Friday that her plan for an “equi-proportional” increase in…

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rican officials are undermining economic ties with China after authorities from the Central American country deemed Chinese companies a cybersecurity threat…

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Major U.S. banks said on Friday higher interest rates boosted profits even though the economy was slowing and consumers showed signs of more…

By Chris Prentice and Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will not appeal a recent court ruling that found it…

The numbers: The U.S. import price index rose 0.1% in September, the Labor Department said Friday. This is the third straight increase. The rise was much…

By Sinéad Carew, Shashwat Chauhan and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – The and the Nasdaq closed lower on Friday as deteriorating consumer sentiment data and the Middle…

The numbers:  The University of Michigan’s gauge of consumer sentiment fell to a preliminary October reading of 63 from 68.1 in the prior month. It is…

(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with U.K Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International…

““Markets have a fear of everything today — call it pantophobia — and yet that hasn’t fully manifested into a panic.”” — Bob Savage, head of…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singapore’s deputy prime minister said on Friday he hopes for substantial progress in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) discussions in…