Policy

By Steve Holland and Eric Beech WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected Republican accusations that he is holding back production of oil in the United States amid a …

State Agents ‘Raided’ Preschool And Interviewed 1-Year-Olds About Mask Policy Laurel Duggan on March 9, 2022 California announced its plan to drop the state’s mask mandate for childcare centers and …

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Director Ronald L. Davis signed the interim policy for the USMS to begin use of body-worn cameras (BWC) in law enforcement operations …

BRUSSELS – European Union countries should move to a neutral fiscal stance next year from a supportive stance in 2022, with high debt countries focusing on tighter fiscal policy and …

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s new vehicle pursuit policy prohibiting when a police officer can initiate the pursuit of a suspect is coming under fire today. According to the new guidelines …

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should hold off on removing any more stimulus for now as the war in Ukraine raises uncertainty and the bank still needs evidence that …

By Jonnelle Marte – The conflict unfolding in Ukraine could have an effect on the U.S. economy in the medium term and should be factored in as Federal Reserve policymakers …

BANGKOK – Thailand’s fiscal and monetary policy are still operating together to achieve 4% economic growth this year and ensure a full economic recovery, its finance minister said on Thursday. …

LONDON – Britain is in the midst of its most challenging period for monetary policy since it started to target inflation 30 years ago, Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben …

WASHINGTON – Top U.S. foreign policy officials arrived at the White House on Monday as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was weighing a request by two regions of eastern …

– Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell will testify before Congress on March 2 and 3 in what are likely to be his final public remarks on monetary policy before the …

By Howard Schneider NEW YORK – Current high inflation requires a “substantial repositioning” of Federal Reserve policy, but not so much that it will restrict the economy and wreck employment, …

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has been right to maintain its easy money policy as inflation is set to fall after “transient boosts” from supply snags that may extend …

– Backers of the U.S. biofuel industry told lawmakers on Wednesday that the nation’s renewable fuel mandates are good for farmers, national security and the environment, defending the controversial program’s …

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan could temporarily suffer losses on its huge asset holdings if it were to end its ultra-loose monetary policy, governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday. …

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK – A dramatic flattening in key parts of the U.S. Treasury yield curve is reflecting worries that the Federal Reserve has been too slow to …

By Md Manzer Hussain BENGALURU – The Philippine central bank will wait until the end of the year before raising interest rates from a record low 2.0% to support an …

FRANKFURT – Euro zone inflation will return to trend without significant policy tightening by the European Central Bank as pandemic-related bottlenecks in goods as well as labour are resolved, the …

TRENTON, NJ – Phil Murphy can’t help himself. Even after five people have been murdered as a result of his early inmate release program, he’s letting even more criminals out …

UPPER MARLBORO, MD – Just weeks after the Biden Administration promised at home COVID-19 testing kits for every American, then buying $1.2 billion worth of masks from China, President Joe …

By Balazs Koranyi and William Schomberg FRANKFURT/LONDON – In just a few short weeks, the balance of power at the world’s top central banks has shifted to conservatives, heralding the …

By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider -St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard on Tuesday said he favors starting the turn to tighter U.S. monetary policy with successive rate increases …