LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he had picked Richard Hughes, a former senior official at Britain’s Treasury and the International Monetary Fund, as the […]
For U.S. economy, the bottom may be here, but the rebound is slow so far
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy may have hit its low point in the coronavirus crash but the rebound so far remains tepid, according to both broad indexes of activity […]
Top trade chief ready to BAIL on bloc – nightmare for Von der Leyen
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About time, Leo! Varadkar panic as Ireland finally realises UK ‘deadly serious’ on no deal
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EU on the brink: ‘Tragic reality’ as Brussels bloc ‘may not survive’ huge challenges ahead
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U.S. weekly jobless claims remain high as backlogs, layoffs linger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Millions more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as backlogs continue to be cleared and disruptions from the novel coronavirus unleash a second wave of layoffs, […]
Yanis Varoufakis mocks comedy of errors coming out of Brussels – publishes 3-point plan
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More than 8% of U.S. mortgages now in forbearance: MBA weekly survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Roughly 4.1 million U.S. mortgage borrowers have had their payments paused or reduced as the novel coronavirus outbreak hits household finances, but the increase in the number […]
Japan slips into recession, slump set to worsen as pandemic wreaks havoc
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy slipped into recession for the first time in 4-1/2 years, putting the nation on course for its deepest postwar slump as the coronavirus crisis ravages […]
EU on the brink: Germany’s ‘political bomb’ court case could destroy Brussels, warns Soros
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