Politics
China To Reportedly Boost Purchases Of US Semiconductors To Alleviate Trade Tensions
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China is promising to buy semiconductors in an attempt to alleviate trade tensions with the U.S., according to the Wall ... Read more
Climate Disasters Cost $650 Billion Over 3 Years — Americans Are Bearing The Brunt: Morgan Stanley
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Morgan Stanley says companies need to consider preparing for a world gripped by more intense weather events, rising seas... Read more
Market Extra: Chinese Stock Markets Are Also Cheering Trumps Softened Tone On Trade War
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Optimism over a potential trade deal between the two largest economies in the world is helping to support markets on bot... Read more
Market Extra: Why Bond Traders Are Breathing A Sigh Of Relief Over A Tentative Deal To Avoid Another Government Shutdown
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Market participants say another partial government closure could complicate efforts to plan for one of the most frenetic... Read more
Treasury And Economic Affairs Committees Call For Flawed Inflation Measure Fix
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The Treasury Select and Economic Affairs Committees are looking for consent from Chancellor Philip Hammond to fix the f... Read more
Krugman Expects To See A Global Recession This Year, Warns 'we Don't Have An Effective Response'
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There is a decent chance the world economy is headed for a recession in 2019, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist... Read more
'This Is The Fight Of Our Lives,' Elizabeth Warren Says As She Formally Launches Her 2020 Presidential Bid
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Warren has long been considered a top contender among Democrats in 2020, and Saturday's announcement marked the final st... Read more
Trump's Disruptive Foreign Policy Will Be Tested In Four Major Ways This Month
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February brings the most significant series of tests yet of whether President Trump can transform his disruptive U.S. fo... Read more
Firm Owned By Trump's Longtime Bodyguard Keith Schiller Has Received $225,000 From The RNC
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Schiller was hired by the RNC to help select a site for the 2020 convention. But once Charlotte, North Carolina, was ann... Read more
Fed's Bullard: 'Restrictive' US Policy Is Likely Curbing Inflation
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Fed's interest rate increase in December likely tipped monetary policy into a restrictive setting that may be pushing th... Read more
Lebanon Gets A 'stay Of Execution' From Investors, But Now The Real Work Begins
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The new government will need to introduce austerity measures to shore up international and bond market confidence, econo... Read more
Trade Committee Chair: 'No Evidence' UK Business Will Be Protected Under No-deal Brexit
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Chair of the International Trade Committee (ITC) Angus MacNeil has warned that he sees "little to no evidence" UK busin... Read more
Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Offers 'economic Security' For Those 'unwilling To Work'
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The Green New Deal looks to create a more environmentally sound country with economic benefits for everyone — even tho... Read more
Trump Says He Will Not Meet Chinese President Xi Before March Trade Deal Deadline
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Trump and Xi are still expected to meet again eventually, but there's too much work to do to prepare Trump for a high-st... Read more
Kudlow: There's 'a Pretty Sizable Difference' Before A China Trade Deal Happens
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Larry Kudlow's comments coincided with a sharp drop in the stock market that sent the Dow industrials down more than 200... Read more
German Bond Yields Slump To Two-year Lows After The EU Cuts Growth Forecasts
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The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, revised down its growth forecasts for the country on Thursday. It's now... Read more
Market Extra: What The Bank Of England Would Be Doing If It Werent For Brexit
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The Bank of England is gearing up for its first policy meeting of the year on Thursday, but the central bank is as much ... Read more
Market Snapshot: S&P 500 Set For 5-day Rally; Nasdaq Edges Closer To Bear-market Exit
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Stocks rise Tuesday, with the Nasdaq moving closer to exiting bear market territory, as investors continued to sort thro... Read more
Brexit Is A Revolt Against A German-run European Super-state
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The German trade surplus is stifling the economic growth in the rest of Europe, Michael Ivanovitch writes. Read more
US Infrastructure Is Crumbling, And It Needs Lots Of Federal Money To Fix It: Civil Engineer Group
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In a recent interview with CNBC, the head of the American Society of Civil Engineers said that Elon Musk's ambitious ide... Read more
