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Speaking at the European Central Bank conference in Portugal, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank is likely to raise again. Powell didn’t rule…

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will push senior officials on Thursday to find legal ways to funnel proceeds from billions of dollars…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s finance minister has confirmed the country’s monetary council will keep next year’s inflation target at 3%, but reiterated he expects the…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank joined on Thursday a wave of recent upward revisions for the country’s economic growth this year, guided by a solid…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to take measures to promote household consumption, state media reported on Thursday, citing discussions at a cabinet meeting chaired by Premier…

There’s a lot riding for stock and bond investors in the second half of the year, with the biggest question centered around whether the idea of…

By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – Debt interest rates paid by the world’s riskiest corporate borrowers have reached the highest since 2010, at 6.1% on average,…

The Federal Reserve is trying to getting inflation down significantly without causing a recession, and there is a chance that it might succeed, said Chicago Federal…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday the country’s inflation targets were excessively rigid and renewed criticism of the…

The U.S. economy expanded at a surprisingly robust 2% pace in the first three months of the year — and it could mimic that performance in…