Trump, Fed chief Powell bicker during tense central bank visit
Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump and US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell appeared together for a tense meeting Thursday as ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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Trump tours Fed, ramping up war on central bank
Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump arrived for a tour of the US Federal Reserve Thursday as the president escalates pressure ...
ECB holds rates with US tariffs decision on horizon
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - The European Central Bank held interest rates steady Thursday as policymakers waited to see whether the ...
US stocks end at fresh records as markets shrug off tariff worries
New York (AFP) - A jump in US retail sales boosted world markets Thursday even as investors mulled the US ...
Trump says not firing Fed chair — but not ruling out
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was not currently planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair ...
Putin says recession in Russia ‘must not be allowed to happen’
Saint Petersburg (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged officials not to let Russia fall into recession "under any ...
Bank of Japan holds rates, will slow bond purchase taper
Tokyo (AFP) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged Tuesday and said it would taper its purchase of ...
Yen slides ahead of Bank of Japan policy decision
Tokyo (AFP) - The yen fell against the dollar ahead of a Bank of Japan decision Tuesday, with officials expected ...
Russia cuts interest rates from two-decade high as economy slows
Moscow (AFP) - Russia's central bank on Friday cut its key interest rate to 20 percent -- down from a ...
Stocks bounce after Treasury-led sell-off
Hong Kong (AFP) - Equities mostly rose Friday following the previous day's US bond-fuelled sell-off with traders tracking a slight ...
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