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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. faces an uphill battle to persuade other International Monetary Fund member countries to expand the IMF’s lending war…

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The United States Postal Service (USPS) said on Friday it wants to raise the price of first-class mail stamps to 68…

Sub-Saharan Africa is set to receive an additional seat on the executive boards of both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, according to…

By Davide Barbuscia and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury yield surge that has shaken markets in recent weeks may have further to run,…

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. employers in September turned their back on Federal Reserve officials who have been expecting job growth to…

By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Friday that very strong hiring data for last month didn’t change…

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – A blowout U.S. jobs report on Friday sparked a delayed rally on Wall Street as the data revealed a…

By Steve Gorman and Ahmed Aboulenein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 72-hour strike by 75,000 healthcare workers against Kaiser Permanente drew to a close on Friday…

(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman on Saturday repeated her view that inflation continues to be too high despite “considerable” progress in lowering it, and…

By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -The roughly 75,000 Canadian homeowners awaiting mortgage renewal notices next month are bracing for a shock interest rate jump due to…