PALO ALTO, Calif. – Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson said on Friday he is just as serious about the central bank’s goal of full employment as about its mandate for stable prices, but emphasized that bringing high inflation down is critical. “I care very much about how the labor market performs because for most people…
(Reuters) -Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies set a year-end deadline for launching a new scheme to diversify global supply chains, and vowed to address regulatory gaps in the banking system, according to a final draft of their communique seen by Reuters. In the draft communique, the G7 central banks said…
(Reuters) -Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies set a year-end deadline for launching a new scheme to diversify global supply chains, and vowed to address regulatory gaps in the banking system, according to a final draft of their communique seen by Reuters. In the draft communique, the G7 central banks said…
(Reuters) -Luminar Technologies CEO Austin Russell will buy a majority stake in Forbes Global Media Holdings in a deal that values the business news publisher at nearly $800 million, Russell and Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM) said in a statement on Friday. The automotive tech billionaire has agreed to acquire 82% of Forbes, which includes…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Automaker Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) are implementing “contingency plans” related to a more-than C$5 billion ($3.7 billion) battery plant investment in Canada because the federal government has not delivered on its promises, a Stellantis spokesperson said on Friday. “As of today, the Canadian Government has not…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Bank of Canada (BoC) said on Friday it has picked longtime central bank executive Rhys Mendes as its new deputy governor, making him the first person of color to that role. Mendes, who will start in the role on July 17, will fill a vacancy created by the departure…
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Friday, led by weaker megacap shares following their recent rally, as data showed U.S. consumer sentiment dropped to a six-month low. The Dow was barely lower in its fifth straight day of declines, the blue-chip index’s longest losing streak in two months….
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard, an early and vocal supporter within the U.S. central bank of rapid interest-rate hikes to beat back soaring inflation, on Friday signaled guarded optimism that the effort is working. “Monetary policy is now at the low end of what is arguably sufficiently…
By Pete Schroeder and David French (Reuters) -Two U.S. regulators have approved the sale of a majority stake in TIAA’s banking arm to a consortium of private equity firms, a TIAA spokesperson said on Friday. The spokesperson said TIAA now expects the deal to be completed as early as this summer after the Federal Reserve…
By Ann Saphir, Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson to be the central bank’s vice chair, a key policy advisory role recently vacated when Lael Brainard took a top position in Biden’s White House economics team. Biden also nominated the World Bank’s…
