Tag: Economic policy
Top US trade official sees progress in helping workers. Voters will decide if her approach continues
WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai is legally required to avoid discussing the presidential election. But her ideas about fair...
Stock market today: Oil prices jump again on worries about the Middle East as Wall Street fades
NEW YORK -- Crude prices jumped Thursday on worries that worsening tensions in the Middle East could disrupt the global flow of oil,...
Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924
Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark. The 39th...
Mexico's president touts austerity on his way out of office but lavishes largesse on friends
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s outgoing president has always taken pride in his reputation as a penny-pincher but on Friday, three days before leaving...
Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump has identified what he sees as an all-purpose fix for what ails America: Slap huge new tariffs on foreign...
Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cut
LONDON -- The Bank of England is widely expected to announce it is keeping interest rates unchanged later Thursday despite a big cut...