by Lindsay Dunsmuir and Howard Schneider STOCKHOLM, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) independence from political influence is essential to its ability to fight inflation, and that requires it to stay away from issues such as climate change, which are outside its scope. congressional mandate, US central bank president Jerome Powell said … Read more
The failure of the Nancy roundup remains a little-known page in the history of World War II. This roundup was to take place on July 19, 1942, three days after the roundup of the Vel d’Hiv in Paris. It was aimed primarily at foreign Jews in the city and was to be performed by police … Read more
(CercleFinance.com) – The U.S. trade deficit fell sharply to $61.5 billion in November 2022, down from $77.8 billion the previous month (which was revised from an initial estimate of $78.2 billion ), according to the Department of Commerce. This 21% month-on-month decline, much larger than market expectations, reflects a 6.4% contraction in imports of goods … Read more
(CercleFinance.com) – U.S. jobless claims fell by 19,000 in the week-ending Dec. 26, to 204,000 versus 223,000 (revised from an initial estimate of 225,000) the week prior, according to the Labor Department . The four-week moving average – seen as a better indicator of the underlying trend in the labor market – shows a decline … Read more
The measure taken by the municipality of Lyon will affect 30% of the inhabitants (Photo credits: Unsplash – Julien Rocheblave) The city of Lyon plans to raise its property tax by 9% to offset soaring energy prices. Abolishing the house tax on principal residences is a common argument put forward by mayors to raise the … Read more
Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin (left) blocks Bengals’ Tee Higgins during the first quarter of an NFL game played on January 2, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Getty Images North America/Dylan Buell) Emotion and concern remained strong Tuesday around Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin, who is still hospitalized “in critical condition” after suffering cardiac arrest following … Read more
Stock photo of Wall Street’s entry into the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by Sinéad Carew and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange closed lower on Tuesday for its first session of 2023 on the backs of declines in Apple and Tesla, as investors worried about the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) forecast schedule … Read more
Draw between Castres and Racing 92 par Romain Strozza (iDalgo) The poster between Castres Olympique and Racing 92 ended in a draw (26-26) this Saturday during the 14th day of Top 14 which marks the start of the second leg. In the first period Castres got off to a good start with a good Urdapilleta … Read more
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The United States is concerned about China’s alignment with Russia more than a decade after Moscow’s forces began its invasion of Ukraine, the government said on Friday. of American State after a videoconference interview between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. “Beijing claims to be neutral but its behavior clearly shows … Read more
PARIS, Dec 30 (Reuters) – France to drastically reduce its ability to sequence the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus even as the end of China’s “zero COVID” policy raises fears of new variants, France reported on Friday Inter. France created a genomic surveillance center for SARS-CoV-2 viruses in 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 … Read more