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In Politics and the Economy, Africa Has Many Narratives

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Biden to sign sweeping order to boost competition in the U.S. economy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to sign a sweeping executive order Friday aimed at cracking down on corporate consolidation and encouraging competition in the U.S. economy, the White House said. The executive order includes 72 initiatives across more than a dozen government agencies that address anti-competitive practices in the health care, transportation, banking and […]

Fed’s Daly says low rates of vaccination a risk to global economy – FT

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly poses at the bank’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo July 9 (Reuters) – Low rates of vaccination in some regions of the world pose a threat to the United States as well as global economic growth, Federal Reserve Bank of […]

US dollar falls in downbeat data

New York, July 8 (Xinhua)-The US dollar fell on Thursday’s late trading as market participants digested the newly announced unemployed bills. The dollar index, which measures the greenback for the six major peers, fell 0.24 percent at 92.4174. In the second half of New York trading, the euro rose from $ 1.1806 in the previous […]

Treasuries rally and stocks drop on rising economic concerns

US government bonds rallied and global stock markets dropped sharply, as worries about inflation were replaced by concerns that the global economic recovery from coronavirus has peaked. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond, which moves inversely to its price, fell 0.04 percentage points to 1.276 per cent. The move put the world’s benchmark bond […]

China’s tech crackdown and growth worries hit markets – business live | Business

Photograph: Florence Lo/Reuters Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. China’s crackdown on technology companies is hitting the markets again today, amid concerns that the rebound in global growth may be fading. Stock markets across Asia have fallen to a six-week low after […]

Value trade will rip higher because economy is on fire, strategist says

One of Wall Street’s biggest bulls isn’t jumping on the growth stock bandwagon. Despite the tech-heavy Nasdaq’s run to record highs, Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Golub prefers value trades right now. “The second quarter of this year will be the fastest GDP quarter that we had since 1952. So basically since the Marshall Plan and the […]

What Biden Can Learn From Nixon on the Global Economy and Other Challenges

In his new book, Three Days at Camp David, Jeffrey E. Garten tells the behind-the-scenes story of what former U.S. Treasury Secretary (and Secretary of State) George Shultz once called “the biggest step in economic policy since the end of World War II.” On the weekend of Aug. 13-15, 1971, President Richard Nixon and his […]

Dollar stabilizes at elevated levels after surging Yesterday

Overview: The dollar has steadied after surging yesterday and has so far retained the lion’s share of its gains, though it remains lower against most major currencies today. The dollar-bloc and Norwegian krone are the best performers while the yen is underperforming. The freely accessible emerging market currencies, including the Russian rouble, Mexican peso, Turkish […]

Russians Tried To Hack Republican National Committee : NPR

Hackers associated with the Russian government gained access last week to a contractor for the Republican National Committee, the RNC said in a statement Tuesday. The RNC said that its contractor Synnex had been hacked, but added no access was gained to any RNC data. “We immediately blocked all access from Synnex accounts to our […]