Opinion – Mexico shamefully joins Russia, Venezuela in backing Cuba’s dictatorship For 30 years, the Soviet Union was the main supporter of Cuba’s communist dictatorship, […]
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UK basic wage growth hits record, adding to Bank of England’s worries

LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Basic wages in Britain surged to hit a new record growth rate, figures showed on […]
2024 GOP Candidates Find It’s Not the Economy
When Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina announced his campaign for the presidency a month ago, he spent much of his speech detailing his […]
Intake of breath as Bank of England delivers jumbo rate hike

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) – The financial markets took a sharp intake of breath on Thursday as the Bank of England lobbed an interest rate […]
Bank of England hikes rates to 5% in surprise move

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised interest rates by a bigger-than-expected half a percentage point on Thursday after it said there […]
RBA’s Lowe Pushes Back Against Bets on Early Rate Rises
RBA’s Lowe Pushes Back Against Bets on Early Rate Rises (Bloomberg) — Australia central bank chief Philip Lowe pushed back against investor bets on […]
An expert says the Taliban have ‘almost no chance’ of getting their hands on the Afghan central bank’s nearly $10 billion in reserves that’s mostly stashed in New York
Taliban on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban have “almost no chance” of getting the Afghan central bank’s reserves, an expert said. “It’s all but […]