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(Reuters) – Fitch has placed the ratings of U.S. mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on watch for a possible downgrade as U.S. lawmakers’ negotiations to raise the …

By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain negative short-term interest rates until inflation durably hits 2%, but could allow long-term yields to move …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Business confidence at big Japanese firms slid in January with manufacturers showing a negative reading for the first time in two years, the Reuters …

(Reuters) – Global ratings agency S&P Global cut Peru’s outlook to negative from stable, citing risks to the sovereign’s credit worthiness from a political standstill and challenging relationship between the …

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – The potential collapse of the low-cost Colombian airline Viva could lead to higher fares and the loss of connections to some cities, Avianca’s …

MADRID (Reuters) – The euro zone economy will likely show negative growth rates in the fourth quarter while inflation will still remain high before starting to slow down in the …

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Institutional investors rushed to crypto products that bet on price declines, posting record inflows, as the collapse of digital asset exchange FTX rippled …

PARIS (Reuters) – Moody’s Investors Service said on Friday it changed the outlook on French carmaker Renault’s ratings to stable from negative to reflect prospects of improved profitability from its …

By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) must redefine its inflation target and phase out a radical yield-cap policy to mitigate mounting costs …

(Reuters) -Ratings agency Moody’s on Friday lowered the United Kingdom’s outlook to “negative” from “stable” over ongoing political turmoil, weaker growth prospects and high inflation. Moody’s maintained its sovereign rating …

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s net income turned negative in September, minutes from its most recent policy meeting showed, although the largely technical development …

By Mark John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s decade-long experiment with negative interest rates, which ended on Thursday with the Swiss National Bank’s return to positive territory, showed …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will return to Washington from Delaware on Aug. 30, a spokeswoman said on Monday. Jill Biden, …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Representatives of Colombia’s oil, mining and tourism industries told opposition lawmakers on Monday a $5.7 billion tax reform proposed by the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro …

From the desk of Steven Oroho, NJ State Senator The latest ratepayer impact study of Governor Murphy’s Energy Master Plan inexplicably ignores many of the most costly mandates, said Senator …

(Reuters) – Federal Reserve staff expect the net income from the Fed’s holdings of more than $8 trillion of bonds to “turn negative in coming months,” a readout of the …

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden will remain in isolation until he tests negative for COVID-19, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. She also said it would be up …

(Reuters) – Global ratings agency Fitch on Friday raised United States’ outlook to “stable” from “negative” on improved near-term government debt dynamics, driven by a stronger-than-expected post-pandemic economic recovery. The …

By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – The Bank of Japan’s resolve to keep borrowing costs ultra-low is causing a “negative spiral” of yen weakness that highlights the need …

(Reuters) – Manufacturing activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region weakened unexpectedly in June as new orders dropped to a two-year low and goods producers’ near-term outlook sank to the lowest …

KOENIGSWINTER, Germany – The European Central Bank can raise its benchmark interest rate out of negative territory without major economic consequences because financing conditions would still remain exceptionally easy, ECB …

By Swathi Nair BENGALURU – The European Central Bank is expected to raise the deposit rate for the first time in over a decade in July and bring it out …

SHANGHAI -China’s major state-owned banks were actively swapping yuan for dollars in the onshore forwards market on Tuesday, five banking sources said, pressuring swap points into negative territory for the …