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G7 finance leaders pledge to intensify climate efforts despite war challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance leaders from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies pledged on Wednesday to increase emissions reductions efforts and climate support for developing countries despite en...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. power use to reach record high in 2022 as economy grows, weather hotter -EIA
(Reuters) - U.S. power consumption will rise to a record high in 2022 due to rising economic activity and hotter summer weather, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short-Term...
Oct 12, 2022
Minority farmers sue U.S. government over repealed debt relief program
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Black and other farmers of color filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. government on Wednesday, claiming the recent repeal of a debt relief program that ...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. Treasury probing misuse of federal funds for DeSantis’s migrant flights
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury is investigating whether Florida Governor Ron DeSantis improperly used federal funds to pay for flights transporting migrants from Texas to ...
Oct 12, 2022
Sept FOMC showed agreement on higher rates for longer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers agreed they needed to move to a more restrictive policy stance - and then maintain that for some time - in order to meet the U.S. central bank's goal ...
Oct 12, 2022
UK government: no spending cuts, no reverse on tax cuts
By Alistair Smout, Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's new government said on Wednesday it would not reverse its vast tax cuts or reduce public spending as it sought to st...
Oct 12, 2022
BoE’s Mann highlights case for front-loading rate rises
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Wednesday there was a strong case to front-load interest rate increases, especially at times of rising inflation expectations. Man...
Oct 12, 2022
Fed officials saw cost of doing too little to fight inflation outweighed doing too much
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers agreed they needed to move to a more restrictive policy stance - and then maintain that for some time - in order to meet the U.S. central bank's goa...
Oct 12, 2022
Venezuela objects to U.S. court’s calendar to sell Citgo parent’s shares
CARACAS (Reuters) - The Venezuelan government on Wednesday objected to what it called an "arbitrary decision" by a U.S. court that approved a calendar for auctioning shares in the parent of Houston-ba...
Oct 12, 2022
Banks face heightened risks from crypto firm deposits –Fed’s Barr
(Reuters) - Banks that accept deposits from cryptocurrency companies should be aware of increased liquidity risks, particularly if firms are highly interconnected with other digital asset businesses, ...
Oct 12, 2022
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