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The numbers: Initial jobless benefit claims inched lower by 1,000 to 202,000 in the week ended Jan. 6, the Labor Department said Thursday.   This is the…

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar dipped against the Japanese yen on Thursday on expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next year,…

Mortgage rates rose slightly in the latest week, but that didn’t deter home buyers. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose and averaged 6.66% as of January 11,…

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s government will launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) sovereign debt instrument in January that will be exempt from income taxes, Economy Minister Alex…

The numbers: The U.S. federal budget deficit widened to $129 billion in December, up from $85 billion in the same month last year, the Treasury Department…

KYIV (Reuters) – A letter from Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal requesting an emergency meeting with international donors and seen by Bloomberg news agency was part…

Investors piled into bets that stocks may fall as the S&P 500 neared a record high ahead of crucial U.S. inflation data. The equity put/call ratio…

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -The closed nominally higher on Thursday, retracing early gains just before the closing bell on the penultimate trading day of…

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester on Thursday threw cold water on market expectations of an interest rate cut as soon as March. Asked in an interview…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican and U.S. officials have agreed to work together more closely to tackle record migration at their shared border, the countries’ governments…