By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – African nations facing a food crisis brought on in part by the global pandemic and conflict in Ukraine need immediate liquidity support and in some cases d[...]
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U.S. Treasury’s Yellen says cryptocurrencies need regulation
By David Lawder NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said recent turmoil in the cryptocurrency market has not spilled over to the banking sector, but she remain[...]
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Blackstone’s Schwarzman says he won’t back Trump in 2024
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This Nov. 16 story has been corrected to fix the fourth paragraph by deleting reference to most of Trump’s endorsed candidates losing and saying instead th[...]
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Yellen says she ‘certainly’ plans to remain as Treasury secretary
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said she “certainly” planned to stay on in her job for the duration of President Joe Biden’s term, dismis[...]
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Yellen says unemployment rate in 4% range is ‘healthy’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that she was not sure what an acceptable unemployment rate is for the current economic outlook, but said that the Trea[...]
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German cabinet approves exit from Energy Charter Treaty
BERLIN (Reuters) -Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Wednesday announced Germany’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty, as growing dissatisfaction with the agreement in Europe casts doubt o[...]
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Germany trying to find amicable agreement with U.S. on inflation act
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and its European Union partners are trying to find an amicable agreement with the United States on how to deal with the effects of the U.S Inflation Reduction Act on t[...]
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Close Yellen adviser Lipton to step down
(Reuters) -David Lipton, one of U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s closest advisers who has helped shape international economic policy, will step down on Wednesday, the department said. The[...]
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Marketmind: Uneasy Chair
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. Even as disinflation takes hold and recession looms, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell may have to deliver another uncomfortable m[...]
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