Fed set to launch long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system
July 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is due to imminently launch a long-awaited service which will aim to modernize the country’s payment system...
NY Fed report finds Americans increasingly facing borrowing headwinds
[1/2]An American Express and a Visa credit cards are seen on a computer keyboard in this picture illustration taken September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Illustration July...
S&P Global’s top economist sees dollar dominance diminishing
LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) – The dollar’s grip as the dominant global currency is loosening, credit rating agency S&P Global’s top economist said on Tuesday....
Shares fall after little Fed surprise, China data and trade in focus
[1/2]Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 26,...
Bankruptcy filings surge in first half of 2023 in US, Epiq says
July 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings jumped 68% in the first half of 2023 from a year earlier, Epiq Bankruptcy, a provider...
US yield curve hits deepest inversion since 1981: What is it telling us?
NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) – (This July 3 story has been corrected to change Allspring Global Investments to Annex Wealth Management in paragraph 13)...
Japan finance minister warns against excessive yen weakening
[1/2]A banknote of Japanese yen is seen with a currency exchange rate graph in this illustration picture taken June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration TOKYO, June...
World Bank should add disaster clauses to debt agreements, Yellen says
[1/2]U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers her speech at the U.S embassy to France, ahead of the Global Climate Finance conference, in Paris, France June...
Yellen to push for concrete actions at Paris debt summit
June 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will press world leaders to take concrete actions at a summit this week on easing the...
The Fed’s stages of inflation grief, in Powell’s words
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers reached a milestone on Wednesday when they left the U.S. central bank’s benchmark overnight interest rate steady...