U.S. Dollar Gains After Fed Minutes, Housing Construction Data
The U.S. dollar gained on Wednesday, as the latest minutes showed that most Federal Reserve officials still regarded high inflation as an ongoing threat,...
China’s Commerce Ministry Studying WTO Panel Report Concerning U.S. Section 232 Measures
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Wednesday said it has taken notice of the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report regarding China’s countermeasures against...
Outrage as U.S. Arkansas Tells High Schools to Drop AP African American Course
Advocacy groups are outraged after the department of education of the U.S. state of Arkansas told state high schools not to offer an advanced...
Fitch Warns It May Have to Downgrade Dozens of U.S. Banks
Fitch Ratings warned on Tuesday that dozens of U.S. banks, including JPMorgan, the largest bank in the country, could be at risk of sweeping...
U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Down Last Week
The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a decrease of 6.195 million barrels of crude oil in U.S. inventories for the week ending...
U.S. Agricultural Futures Fall
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures fell across the board on Tuesday, led by wheat. The most active corn contract for December delivery...
U.S. Still Focused On Diplomatic Solution to Attempted Coup in Niger
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States is still “very focused on diplomacy” as the tool to solve the...
U.S. Dollar Edges up After Better-Than-Expected Retail Sales Data
The U.S. dollar edged up on Tuesday, as U.S. retail spending picked up in July better than expected. Retail sales grew 0.7 percent in...
At Least 99 Killed in One of the Deadliest Wildfires in U.S. History
At least 99 people were killed in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century, officials said Monday. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said...
Smoke Closes Container Terminals at U.S. East Coast’s Busiest Port
Container terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey closed early Wednesday as thick smoke from Canadian wildfires engulfed the region. “Today,...