Zimbabwe’s new currency suffers chaotic start
Harare (AFP) - Zimbabwe's new gold-backed currency got off to a chaotic start with shops accepting only US dollars on ...
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US ‘will not accept’ flood of below-cost Chinese goods: Yellen
Beijing (AFP) - The United States "will not accept" a situation where underpriced Chinese goods flood the global market, battering ...
Yellen, Premier Li express hope for US-China cooperation
Beijing (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sounded a hopeful tone on US-China cooperation ...
US, China agree to hold talks on ‘balanced economic growth’
Guangzhou (AFP) - The United States and China have agreed to hold "intensive exchanges on balanced growth", the US Treasury ...
Yellen warns China industrial subsidies pose risk to world economy
Guangzhou (AFP) - US Treasury chief Janet Yellen warned during a visit to China on Friday that Beijing's subsidies for ...
US trade gap grows in February to highest level since April 2023
Washington (AFP) - The US trade deficit expanded in February by more than analysts expected to reach its highest level ...
US private sector hiring picks up again in March
Washington (AFP) - US private sector hiring came in well above expectations last month, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday, with ...
Turks left scrimping after inflation stokes rebuke to Erdogan
Paris (AFP) - As the euphoria of a municipal election drubbing for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ebbs, Turks are left ...
US Fed’s preferred inflation gauge ticks up as fuel costs rise
Washington (AFP) - The US central bank's favored measure of inflation edged higher last month on the back of rising ...
Seeing US ties, Vietnam appeals for ‘market economy’ status
Washington (AFP) - Vietnam on Tuesday called on the United States to recognize it as a market economy, saying stronger ...
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