A decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve will be the highlight of a busy week for central-bank decisions. The Fed is expected to cut interest

The European Central Bank lowered interest rates by a quarter point, aiming to stabilize an economy rocked by debt worries in France and highly exposed

Could the Federal Reserve be done cutting rates after December? That shouldn’t be ruled out. Markets seemed undisturbed by Wednesday’s inflation data, which showed consumer

BITCOIN IS BACK. Since Donald Trump’s election victory on November 5th, the world’s dominant cryptocurrency has surged to new heights above $100,000 a unit, enjoying

Applications for US unemployment benefits rose to a two-month high last week, at a time around the end-of-year holidays when data is volatile. Initial claims

Impoverished countries do not have much in common. Half the population of Niger, a landlocked African nation beset by military coups, live in extreme poverty,

A surging US dollar and a “confluence of bad news” have sparked the biggest sell-off in emerging market currencies since the early stages of the