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Citigroup raises global growth forecast, sees U.S. recession in Q4
(Reuters) - Citigroup raised its 2023 global economic growth forecast to 2.4%, from 2.2% expected earlier, and now expects the U.S. economy to tip into recession in the fourth quarter of the year. The...
Apr 19, 2023
ECB aims for slow growth to suppress inflation, Lane says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is raising interest rates to suppress economic growth and, with it, inflation, the ECB's chief economist Philip Lane said on Wednesday. "By bringing int...
Apr 19, 2023
EU Parliament approves law banning imports of deforestation-linked goods
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament approved a landmark deforestation law on Wednesday to ban imports into the EU of coffee, beef, soy and other commodities if they are linked t...
Apr 19, 2023
Ghana’s economy grew 3.7% in fourth quarter of 2022 – statistics office
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's economy grew 3.7% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with 5.6% during the same quarter of the previous year, the country's statistics service said on Wednes...
Apr 19, 2023
Futures retreat as Treasury yields rise, Tesla slides
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday as Treasury yields rose on expectations the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates higher for longer, while a slide in Tesla and Netflix share...
Apr 19, 2023
Biden’s approval rating edges lower amid economic concerns – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval fell to 39% this month, nearing the lowest level of his presidency, as the U.S. economy showed signs of losing steam, a...
Apr 19, 2023
How this year’s military intelligence leaks could damage US security
By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was huge, expensive and top secret. In the early 1970s the CIA built a gigantic ship called the Hughes Glomar Explorer to lift a sunken...
Apr 19, 2023
‘Evil Dead Rise,’ a horror sequel about motherly love gone awry
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Evil Dead," the popular zombie film franchise, is back for a fifth installment with a mother possessed by a parasitic demon that talks, tau...
Apr 19, 2023
Vaccine critic Robert Kennedy Jr to launch US Democratic presidential bid
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, is due to announce on Wednesday a long-shot bid to challenge incumbent President...
Apr 19, 2023
Florida education board to vote on extending ban on gender identity lessons
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Florida officials are expected on Wednesday to consider largely prohibiting classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in all grades, expanding on a law s...
Apr 19, 2023
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