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Financial disruptions in 2008 contributed to the deep economic downturn that came to be known as the Great Recession. Could recent bank failures similarly lead to…

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will use what aides are billing as a major speech on Wednesday to lift Americans’ dour…

The 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life” features the classic depiction of a bank run. Depositors storm the fictional Bailey Savings & Loan and line up…

Investing.com – Futures slip lower despite optimism over the U.S. economy as investors await commentary from central bankers. Oil prices push higher, while shares in Nvidia…

The Fed took the market at least a little bit by surprise when it decided to project two more rate hikes earlier this month. It comes…

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is due to release the results of its annual bank health checks on Wednesday at 4:30…

We are living in troubled times. Too much is happening too fast. People are confused. The Columbia University economic historian Adam Tooze has, indeed, popularized a word for…

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. government bond investors have racked up positive returns so far this year, with the higher income from bonds…

By Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s competition authority has expressed concern about margins being charged by supermarkets and wholesalers as it probes possible profiteering in…

By Lewis Jackson and Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australia has moved to contain the fallout from a scandal over the misuse of confidential…