By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON () -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, almost reversing the prior two weeks’ increases and suggesting ...
() -The U.S. Department of Commerce has recently asked Nvidia (NASDAQ:) to look into how the company’s products ended up in China over the past year, the Information reported on Thursday, citing a per...
() – The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Thursday said it will add an extra operation of its standing repo facility in the days covering the end of the calendar year into early January. In additio...
By David Milliken and Suban Abdulla LONDON () -Bank of England policymakers voted 6-3 to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday, a bigger split than economists had predicted as officials disagreed ov...
WASHINGTON () – The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the third quarter, driven by robust consumer spending. Gross domestic product increased at an upwardly revised 3.1% annualized...
MOSCOW () – Following are some of the key quotes from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual phone-in and press conference. ON HIS 25 YEARS IN POWER Yes, I think that I did more than just safeguard...
By Dan Burns and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON () -The world’s economic reckoning with the incoming Trump administration kicked off in earnest this week, with the U.S. Federal Reserve flagging fewer rat...
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM () -Sweden’s central bank cut its key interest rate by quarter of a percentage point to 2.50% as expected on Thursday, but said that after easing policy five times this year...
MOSCOW () – Following are some of the key quotes from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual phone-in and news conference. ON RUSSIA’S NEW ORESHNIK HYPERSONIC MISSILE There is no chance of shooting...
By Liang-sa Loh and Yimou Lee TAIPEI () -Taiwan’s central bank on Thursday raised this year’s growth forecast for the tech powerhouse island but flagged risks for next year centred on the trade polici...
OSLO () – Norway’s central bank held its policy interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 4.50% on Thursday, as unanimously expected by analysts in a poll, and said it plans to start cutting borrow...
() -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday but one dissenting board member’s proposal to push up borrowing costs showed the central bank remains on track to tighten policy early n...
