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NIAMEY/ABUJA (Reuters) – Niger’s military leaders warned against any armed intervention in the country as West African leaders are set to gather in Nigeria’s capital on…

The numbers: A survey of consumer sentiment survey reached a 22-month high of 71.6 in July, helped by a slowdown in inflation and a robust jobs…

The numbers: The U.S. employment cost index, the broadest measure of U.S. labor costs, rose 1% in the second quarter after gaining 1.2% in the first…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will cancel $130 million in debt for 7,400 student borrowers who enrolled at the now-defunct CollegeAmerica in Colorado from…

The numbers: The cost of goods and services rose a mild 0.2% in June as inflation eased again, but another measure of prices favored by the…

By David Morgan and Costas Pitas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Rick Scott and Democrat Elizabeth Warren have asked for salary information from the Federal Reserve’s…

An obscure price tracker closely followed by economists also suggests inflation is slowing, but perhaps not quite as fast as the best-known indexes. The Dallas Federal…

By Yantoultra Ngui and Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, one of the world’s biggest investors, plans to continue investing in China…

Gold futures settled higher on Friday, as the U.S. dollar softened following the Bank of Japan’s decision to tweak its monetary policy framework, and as a measure of…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Activist group Greenpeace said on Wednesday the European Central Bank has broken a pledge to join the fight against climate change and should…