By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers expect to raise U.S. interest rates further, and keep them high…
South Korea authorities to continue efforts to stabilise markets -finance minister
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister said on Thursday that local financial markets have comparably stabilised recently, while reaffirming…
Fed’s Powell says inflation data received in Oct and Nov shows ‘welcome reduction’
By Michael S. Derby WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that recent data showing lower…
Securities trader charged in New York with front-running employer’s trades
(Reuters) -An equities trader at a large U.S. asset manager was criminally charged with using information about his employer’s trades…
Powell says Fed will not change 2% inflation goal
By Michael S. Derby WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, leading a central bank faced with the swiftest…
Key union organizing tactic backed by U.S. labor board
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The agency that enforces U.S. labor laws on Wednesday made it easier for unions to…
Petrobras shares dive on Brazil vote to ease rules on politicians running state firms
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted late on Tuesday to make it easier for politicians to…
Marketmind: “Substantially more evidence”
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. It’s a U.S.-Sino,…
Brazil’s next Finance Minister Haddad says fiscal expansion won’t help the economy now
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s incoming Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on Wednesday said fiscal expansion would not help the…
U.S. SEC votes to advance stock market overhaul proposals
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of proposing some of the…