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Five criteria Obama may weigh in seeking Bernanke successor

August 24, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the summer of 2009, with the U.S. economy badly wounded and the nation's financial calamity still a vivid memory, President Barack Obama's closest aides began a...

Five criteria Obama may weigh in seeking Bernanke successor

May 23, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the summer of 2009, with the U.S. economy badly wounded and the nation's financial calamity still a vivid memory, President Barack Obama's closest aides began a...

Central banks saved world economy, now beware the fallout: IMF

August 24, 2021 at 9:50 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central banks got it right when they saved the world economy, but their unprecedented actions risk disruptive cross-border spillovers and potentially heavy losses when the time comes...

Fed’s Esther George: speaking up for middle America

August 24, 2021 at 8:41 a.m.

EL RENO, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials, as a rule, can expect a tough crowd when they visit places like Oklahoma where suspicion of big government runs deep. Esther...

Exclusive: Bernanke to skip Jackson Hole due to scheduling conflict

August 24, 2021 at 8:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will miss the annual Jackson Hole monetary policy symposium this year due to a scheduling conflict, skipping the prestigious event for the...

U.S. keeps up pressure on G20 over forex rates

August 24, 2021 at 2:46 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned his partners in the Group of 20 on Wednesday against the perils of "beggar thy neighbor" currency devaluations, picking out China for...

Fed’s Lockhart says inflation will be “easily recognizable”

August 24, 2021 at 2:32 a.m.

(Reuters) - U.S. inflation is under control and is going to stay that way because the Federal Reserve will "easily" spot the conditions that could erode price stability, and has...

Fed hawk Lacker and dove Evans face off over inflation

August 24, 2021 at 1:57 a.m.

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - One of the Federal Reserve's most hawkish officials confronted one of the institution's most dovish policymakers on Tuesday in a rare joint public debate over the...

Fed study says China’s growth could slow sharply by 2030

August 24, 2021 at 1:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth in China faces mounting headwinds and could fade dramatically in the years ahead due to declining productivity and an aging population, according to a U.S....

U.S. imposes sanctions on covert Iran oil-shipping network

August 24, 2021 at 1:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped financial sanctions on Thursday on a Greek businessman it says secretly operated a shipping network on behalf of the Iranian government to get...

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