Gas Prices Spike Almost 30 Cents In Just A Month, Posing Potential Headache For Biden Nick Pope on August 7, 2023 The average per-gallon price of gasoline at the pump spiked by…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A blowout January employment report and continued record numbers of job openings have left the U.S. Federal Reserve with a growing dilemma of whether to take…
By David Dolan and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – When salaryman Takayuki Nakamura bought his Tokyo home last year, he got a floating-rate mortgage at a rock-bottom 0.35% and an assurance from…
By Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – By any account, $1 trillion seems huge. That’s the scale of budget shortfalls facing Chinese provinces, reducing their fiscal firepower to fund infrastructure…
By Antonella Cinelli and Valentina Consiglio ROME (Reuters) – When outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi took office 19 months ago Italian inflation was running at 1%. By the time his probable successor…
CALEXICO, Calif., – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico West Port of Entry seized 471 assorted pharmaceutical items concealed in vehicles. Combined penalties assessed by CBP officers add up…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – The trillions of dollars in overnight cash tucked away daily at the Federal Reserve could turn into a major headache for banks that could squeeze their…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – The world’s big four central banks are all in an unenviable position of fighting the highest inflation in decades without crashing their economies. From an exchange…
By Mike Dolan LONDON – Central banks risk losing the battle for stable prices as long-dormant inflation narratives and memories reawaken, adding a more complex psychological twist to task than simply tightening…
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. Data this morning showing British inflation rose to a new 30-year high of 6.2% last month, is a reminder perhaps that…