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Is a jubilant Trump about to give the Fed a thrashing?
Donald Trump won't die wondering about the US economy and will do whatever it takes to juice growth - even if it means dismantling decades of Fed independence.
Jacob Greber writes about American politics, economics and business from our Washington bureau. He was previously our economics correspondent based in Canberra.
Donald Trump won't die wondering about the US economy and will do whatever it takes to juice growth - even if it means dismantling decades of Fed independence.
China has pledged to open up to more foreign competition and international trade in the latest signal it is willing to make concessions to bed down a trade deal with the US.
First the Mueller report, now news that Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti has been arrested for trying to extort $US20 million from Nike.
Robert Mueller's report, or at least what we know of it, is a punch in the face for Democrats and many in the media who rushed to prejudge what the Russia probe would find.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's two year probe into Russian meddling found no evidence President Trump committed a crime.
"The demand signal from a Labor victory is much bigger than from a current government victory," says Warwick McKibbin. Awkward for an RBA th...
William Barr was on track to release his first summary of Mueller's findings on Monday (AEDT), people familiar with the process said.
The Fed’s dovish lurch on Wednesday ends three years of rising interest rates just as markets reach their "biggest inflection point since th...
The Fed decision to put monetary policy on ice means central banks around the world, from the RBA to the ECB, now have almost no room to nor...
Richard Clarida, an economist and former Pimco managing director, was appointed vice-chairman of the Fed Open Market Committee in October.
Cowed by the president and market jitters, Jerome Powell’s laudable efforts to wean the world’s biggest economy off easy money have been exh...
Donald Trump tells Beijing tariffs will remain in place for "substantial period" and threatens a new trade conflict with Europe.
Investors are not happy about the lack of concrete signs of progress between Beijing and Washington on trade.
Rupert Murdoch has appointed former US House Speaker Paul Ryan to the board of his post-21st Century Fox spinoff.
Social media giants face calls for tougher congressional and regulatory scrutiny over the role their streaming technology played in last wee...
Fed policy makers meet this week and it's gradually dawning on investors the next interest rate hike could be the last before the 2020 elect...
The sudden fascination with Modern Monetary Theory is another symptom of America's troubled political economy. That doesn’t make it a good i...
Joe Hockey is set to come face-to-face in the White House with Ireland's PM, who is lobbying Donald Trump to end Australia's monopoly on a U...
As Labor flirts with a dramatic minimum wages hike, Donald Trump's economy shows there is another way to boost wages for low-income workers.
Donald Trump says "very rough" decision to ground Boeing's 737 Max fleet in US "psychologically" important, as Canada links Ethiopian, Lion ...
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