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What You Need To Know About Saturday's Highly Anticipated Trump-Xi Meeting

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The highly anticipated meeting will likely impact the bilateral relationship and the broader global economy. Read more

Bond Report: U.S. Treasury Yields Stand Pat Ahead Of Sino-America Trade Talks

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10-year yields mostly unchanged by positive economic data Read more

$300 Billion Tariff Threat Looming Over The G-20 Meeting Between Trump And Xi

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Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet Saturday, the second day of the two-day G-20 summit in Osak... Read more

Trump Says A US-China Trade Deal Is Possible, But He's 'happy Where We Are Now'

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While Trump stresses the importance of getting a deal, he also says the tariffs have been good for the U.S. economy. Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Turn Higher With Stocks, Buoyed By Trade Hopes

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Treasury prices fall Wednesday, pushing yields higher, following remarks from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declarin... Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Prices Pull Back From Nearly 6-year High As Stock Gains Firm

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Gold futures on Wednesday retreat from a nearly six-year high scored a day earlier amid expected progress on U.S.-China ... Read more

Mnuchin: 'We Were About 90% Of The Way' On China Trade Deal And There's A 'path To Complete This'

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Mnuchin tells CNBC he's confident President Trump and China's Xi Jinping can make progress in stalled trade talks. Read more

Major Companies Are Ringing Alarm Bells, Trying To Warn Washington About More Tariffs

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More than 300 companies are talking to government officials in Washington about how detrimental the trade war is. Read more

Fed Chief Jerome Powell Warns Against Policy Bending To 'short-term Political Interests'

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Powell stresses the central bank's independence amid continuous pressure from President Donald Trump to cut interest rat... Read more

Debt And Deficits Won't Be As Bad As Feared But Are Still Dangerous, CBO Says

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The national debt will rise to 141% of the economy over the next 30 years — 11 percentage points lower than the agency... Read more

G-20 Leaders Face Toxic Brew Of Political Instability, Trade Tensions And Slowing Global Growth

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What makes this moment even more perilous is that world leaders come to the table with far less cohesiveness, nursing wo... Read more

Market Snapshot: Stock-index Futures Edge Lower Ahead Of Fed Speakers, Including Powell

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U.S. stock-index futures drift lower as investors await remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other cent... Read more

Reported Internet Outages In Ethiopia Amid News Of Coup Attempt

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Ethiopia has been in the middle of an internet blackout since Saturday (22 June), making it difficult to ascertain deta... Read more

Billionaires To Trump And Other 2020 Candidates: Please Tax Us

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Nineteen billionaires release a letter asking the 2020 presidential candidates to support a tax on America's richest fam... Read more

Bernie Sanders Plans To Cancel All $1.6 Trillion Of Student Debt By Taxing Wall Street

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Sen. Bernie Sanders announced a plan on Monday to forgive the country's $1.6 trillion outstanding student loan tab. Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Slip Ahead Of Trump-Xi Meeting

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Treasury yields slip on Monday as traders await President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinpi... Read more

Brexit Blog: Domestic-facing Index Underperforms Amid Continued Fears

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In this live blog, Investment Week collates the most up-to-date news, analysis and infographics to help readers digest ... Read more

Andrew Neil: Cold War Will Be The New Normal Of The 2020s

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The deteriorating relations between the US and China are not a trade war, but the early phase of a cold war that will b... Read more

The Tell: The Stock Market Is Near Records So Why Are Investors The Most Bearish Since 2008 Financial Crisis?

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The S&P 500 index stands less than 1% shy of a record but investors aren’t loving the climb, based on a recent fun... Read more

Key Words: Trump Says ECBs Draghi Is Depressing Euro To Benefit Trade

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With markets already moving in response to the largely surprisingly dovish comments from European Central Bank head Mari... Read more