Economy

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker has underscored the importance of maintaining the federal funds rate at its current…

The numbers: The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) monthly confidence index fell 4 points to 40 in October, the…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – There was unanimity in the Brazil central bank’s latest policy decision that an interest-rate-cut pace of 50…

It wasn’t clear Tuesday if Rep. Jim Jordan would be successful in his push to become the next speaker of…

By Rachel Savage MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged sub-Saharan African policymakers last week to cut…

By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart (NYSE:) signaled it has enough staff for the holidays, in another sign…

“ Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is essentially telling us that  monetary policy may work its wonders if we are just…

TIRANA (Reuters) – The European Union wants to bring six Western Balkan countries closer to membership of the bloc but…

“ It is naïve to assume that the largest credit-fueled bubble in half a century can continue indefinitely or be…

This Monday, Nigeria secured $1.5 billion in concessional financing from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), according to Finance…