“US Debt Ceiling Crisis: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns of potential default”

“US Debt Ceiling Crisis: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns of potential default”

By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 05/16/2023 at 12:16 This content is not accessible. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. ELIZABETH FRANTZ The United States is already feeling the concrete effects of the political crisis of the debt ceiling, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who cites in particular the increase in the cost of borrowing … Read more

“American Fed official calls for continued rate hikes to combat inflation”

“American Fed official calls for continued rate hikes to combat inflation”

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 05/15/2023 at 19:02 This content is not accessible. «There is still a long way to go before bringing inflation down to 2%“, estimated Neel Kashkari, president of the Fed of Minneapolis. D DIPASUPIL / AFP An official of the American central bank (Fed) considered Monday necessary to continue … Read more

“Manufacturing Industry in New York Plunges Despite April Upturn: Empire State Survey”

“Manufacturing Industry in New York Plunges Despite April Upturn: Empire State Survey”

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 05/15/2023 at 4:00 p.m. This content is not accessible. Companies expect little improvement over the next six months. Adobe Stock The manufacturing industry in the New York area recorded a very sharp decline in May, despite an upturn in April. Industry falters on sharp drop in new orders … Read more

“US Supreme Court Examines Christian’s Sunday Work Dispute”

“US Supreme Court Examines Christian’s Sunday Work Dispute”

By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 04/18/2023 at 1:33 p.m. This content is not accessible. The high court will have to render its decision before June 30. OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP The very conservative Supreme Court of the United States examines Tuesday the file of a Christian factor who refuses to work on Sunday, … Read more

“The Banking Crisis and Potential Caution from American Banks: Insights from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen”

“The Banking Crisis and Potential Caution from American Banks: Insights from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen”

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 04/15/2023 at 22:24 This content is not accessible. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. ELIZABETH FRANTZ / REUTERS The recent banking sector crisis could lead American banks to be more cautious, and less easily grant loans to households and businesses, according to the American Secretary of the Treasury, Janet … Read more

“Deadliest Livestock Farm Fire in Texas History: 18,000 Cows Killed in Dairy Farm Explosion”

“Deadliest Livestock Farm Fire in Texas History: 18,000 Cows Killed in Dairy Farm Explosion”

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 04/14/2023 at 05:47 This content is not accessible. A thick cloud of smoke rises above the Southfork Dairy Farm, located near the town of Dimmit in the Texas Panhandle region. CASTRO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEME / REUTERS Some 18,000 cows died in the explosion of a dairy farm in … Read more

US Government blames railway company for train derailment

US Government blames railway company for train derailment

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 03/31/2023 at 5:48 p.m. This content is not accessible. President and CEO Alan Shaw on March 9, 2023 in Washington. Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP The US government announced Friday to file a complaint against a railway company after the derailment of one of its trains, which caused environmental pollution in … Read more

Growth of 2.6% at an annualized rate for the fourth quarter in USA, revised downwards.

Growth of 2.6% at an annualized rate for the fourth quarter in USA, revised downwards.

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 03/30/2023 at 15:15update on 03/30/2023 at 15:23 This content is not accessible. The Commerce Department originally predicted growth of 2.9%. LALAKA / stock.adobe.com The GDP growth of the UNITED STATES in the fourth quarter of 2022 was revised down again on Thursday, for the second time, to 2.6%, … Read more

Crude Oil Stocks in the USA Plunge Abruptly and Unpredictably

Crude Oil Stocks in the USA Plunge Abruptly and Unpredictably

By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 03/29/2023 at 4:39 p.m.update on 03/29/2023 at 6:56 p.m. This content is not accessible. US commercial stocks fell by 7.5 million barrels. Photocreo Bednarek / stock.adobe.com Commercial crude oil reserves fell sharply to everyone’s surprise last week in the United States, according to figures released Wednesday by the … Read more

Agreement between Japan and the United States for the Exchange of Vital Materials and Electric Batteries.

Agreement between Japan and the United States for the Exchange of Vital Materials and Electric Batteries.

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 03/28/2023 at 05:11 This content is not accessible. White House Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai. ADRIANO MACHADO / REUTERS The United States and Japan signed an agreement on Tuesday 28 March aimed at strengthening “supply chains for critical minerals and batteries for electric vehicles” and strengthen exchanges between the … Read more