WHO declares end to Covid-19 global public health emergency
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Denis Balibouse | Reuters...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies at Senate hearing
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Asia Gold-China demand buoyant, India ramps up purchases
By Rajendra Jadhav, Seher Dareen * Gold imports flowing into China over past few weeks- MKS PAMP * Indian banks importing more gold since market...
Biden warns of GOP plans to curb access to health care
U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver a blistering criticism of Republican policies at a speech in Virginia Beach on Tuesday afternoon where he will warn...
PRECIOUS-Gold accelerates to 8-month peak on dollar pullback
* U.S. CPI report due on Thursday * Dollar index down 0.4% (Updates prices) Jan 9 (Reuters) – Gold prices extended gains to an eight-month...
Millions at risk of losing Medicaid in the spring under $1.7 trillion federal spending bill
Millions of people who enrolled in the Medicaid public health insurance program during the Covid pandemic could lose their coverage in the spring if their...
In the Richest Country in the World, Precarity Is the Norm
Demonstrators march outside the US Capitol during the Poor People’s Campaign rally at the National Mall in Washington on Saturday, June 23, 2018. (Jose Luis...
China plans more fiscal stimulus as outlook darkens with rising Covid cases
China’s state media said local governments could sell more than $229 billion of bonds to fund infrastructure investment and plug budget gaps, a...
The Fed Gives Banks a Clean Bill of Health. The Stock Market Hasn’t.
The biggest commercial banks survived in the Federal Reserve’s nightmare hypothetical scenario of an economic collapse. A real-world test is coming. To be sure, if...
Stephen Roach gives stagflation warning, calls peak inflation absurd
Stagflation is making a comeback, according to former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach. He warns the U.S. is on a dangerous path that leads...