San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said on Wednesday she expects the U.S.
With the U.S. economy and the labor market doing well but inflation too high, it is "appropriate" for the Federal Reserve to begin reducing policy accommodation next month, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said Wednesday.
The European Union will be ready to launch a second package of sanctions against Russia, including export controls, if Russian troops move beyond the Ukrainian regions held by Russian-backed separatists, European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis told Reuters on Wednesday.
North Dakota farmer Jennifer Meyer typically devotes at least 20% of her 2,500-acre farm to corn, which provides a convenient feed for the cattle she raises with her husband.
The Cuban sugar industry is barreling again toward its worst season ever, according to official media reports and sources, threatening to dent both national pride and economic growth.
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the United States would impose sanctions on the company in charge of building Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, expanding penalties on Moscow after it recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday but gave up much of its advance as rising Russia-Ukraine tensions weighed on investor sentiment.
U.S. stocks swung between losses and gains on Wednesday as Ukraine declared emergency amid a sweeping cyberattack on its state websites in fast-changing developments that raised fears of an all-out war with Russia.
Wall Street indexes ended sharply lower on Wednesday as Ukraine declared a state of emergency and the U.S.
U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as Ukraine declared a state of emergency, while reports of cyberattacks on several of its state websites fueled fears about escalating tensions with Russia.
U.S. stocks were sharply lower on Wednesday afternoon as Ukraine declared a state of emergency and the West unveiled more sanctions against Russia over its move into eastern Ukraine.
Wall Street's major indexes ended sharply lower on Wednesday, extending their recent rout as Ukraine declared a state of emergency and the U.S.
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, as investors kept a close watch on the rapidly developing situation in the Russia-Ukraine crisis following a softer-than-expected initial sanctions by the Western nations against Moscow.
Wall Street was set to open higher on Wednesday after modest initial sanctions by Western nations on Moscow, with investors keeping a close watch on the fast-moving developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Canada's main stock index fell on Wednesday to its lowest level in nearly four weeks as investors balked at buying stocks due to escalating uncertainty in Ukraine.
Canada's main stock index rose on Wednesday, as global sentiment was lifted by modest sanctions by Western nations on Moscow, with investors eyeing the next move in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Russia will offer only new series of OFZ government bonds and stop offering existing series of debt, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, after the United States prohibited buying Russian government bonds issued after March 1.
Uncertainty over sunflower oil supplies due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is spurring demand for rivals palm oil and soyoil, fuelling a red-hot vegetable oil market.
The International Monetary Fund told the Bank of England on Wednesday to be clear about its plans to withdraw stimulus for Britain's economy, following criticism of the central bank's communications in recent months.
The Russian rouble weakened on Wednesday, reversing gains made the previous day and heading back towards 80 to the dollar as investors took stock of Western sanctions imposed on Russia for ordering troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.
The Russian rouble weakened on Wednesday, sliding past 80 to the dollar and 90 to the euro as investors took stock of Western sanctions imposed on Russia for ordering troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.
The Russian rouble slumped on Wednesday, hitting a near two-year low past 81 to the dollar as sanctions and invasion fears hammered Russian assets, with bonds and stocks feeling the force of investor jitters.
The Russian rouble slumped on Wednesday, diving around 3% to hit a near two-year low past 81 to the dollar as Ukraine declared a state of emergency, with sanctions and invasion fears hammering Russian bonds and stocks.
The United States on Wednesday kicked off its biggest ever sale of offshore wind development rights in an area covering nearly half a million acres off the coasts of New York and New Jersey.
It never gets completely dark in Colonia El Carmen, home to Mexico's largest natural gas processing center, in the poor southern state of Chiapas.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday a risk "very clearly" existed that inflation, which is running at a 30-year high, gets embedded in Britain's economy if a cycle of higher prices keeps pushing up wages.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday there were clear risks that inflation could again overshoot the central bank's forecasts but markets should not get carried away about the likely scale of interest rate rises.
Separatists in Ukraine asked Moscow to help repel "aggression" on Wednesday and explosions rocked the breakaway eastern city of Donetsk as the United States warned everything is in place for a major attack by Russia on its neighbor.
The new year is proving unkind to the global investor consensus yet again and low visibility now becomes a major problem.
German utility Uniper is assessing whether the suspension of Gazprom's Nord Stream 2 will trigger impairments on its 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) exposure to the gas pipeline, the company said on Wednesday, sending its shares to a 7-month low.
