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Is Japan’s world-beating stock-market rally merely a function of a weak yen?
Japanese stocks are primed to outpace global peers this year, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average reaching its highest level…
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Dow jumps 300 points on hopes for debt ceiling deal and healthy economic data
U.S. stocks were trading sharply higher Friday, with the Dow recovering some ground after a five-day streak of declines, as…
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‘Don’t kiss your dollars goodbye just yet’: IMF chief sees U.S. dollar remaining global reserve currency
“‘Don’t kiss your dollars goodbye just yet.’” — Kristalina Georgieva, managing director, International Monetary Fund Don’t count International Monetary Fund…
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The backdrop for stocks is as muddy as ever — and that’s great news, says this banking giant
Look around and that long awaited recession just hasn’t come, not in the U.S., and not many other places either,…
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Debt-ceiling angst sends Treasury bill yields toward 6%
Continued uncertainty about whether a debt-ceiling resolution can come together fast enough to avoid a government default pushed yields on…
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Biden, McCarthy each describe latest debt-ceiling meeting as ‘productive,’ and more talks are planned
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy both sounded somewhat upbeat Monday evening after their latest meeting at the…
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Biden says in Hiroshima press conference that Republicans must ‘move from their extreme positions’ on debt limit
President Joe Biden on Sunday called for Republicans to agree to compromises in debt-ceiling negotiations, as he wrapped up a…
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