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ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank could raise interest rates to tackle inflation which remains above target, Chairman Thomas Jordan said in an interview published…

Financial markets are convinced that the Federal Reserve will “skip” an interest rate hike at its June meeting and focus its attention on raising rates again…

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka lifted import restrictions on 286 items, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday, a fresh sign the South Asian…

Gold prices settled lower on Friday, but held onto a modest gain for the week — their second in a row — on the back of…

U.S. stocks ended slightly higher Friday, with the S&P 500 index edging up after technically exiting bear-market territory a day earlier. All three major U.S. stock…

House Republicans are unveiling a tax package on Friday that aims to put an additional $4,000 in the pockets of American families and includes a host…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank did not have a set time frame for achieving its…

Loneliness and social-media use are two of the root causes of poor mental health among young people, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Thursday. While loneliness…

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will raise the minimum wage by 5.75% from July 1 as families grapple with soaring living costs, a decision that…

Here’s one way in which COVID-19 relief aid allegedly went up in smoke. A pair of Missouri men have been charged with stealing $1.25 million in…