By Steve Holland and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached an agreement in principle to lift the debt ceiling that would trim some U.S. federal spending. While the bill is still being written, the general contours of the deal have been described by…
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Sunday welcomed news of a deal to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, saying failure to forge an agreement would be “extremely negative” for the financial system and broader economy. Interviewed on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” he declined to say whether he would support…
(Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said on Sunday he won’t ‘prejudge’ whether he would support an interest-rate hike at the upcoming Fed meeting in June, but noted that the full impact of the central bank’s rate increases to date have yet to be felt. “We are going to get a lot…
By Moira Warburton, Katharine Jackson and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After tough negotiations to reach a tentative deal with the White House on the U.S. borrowing limit, the next challenge for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing it through the House, where hardline Republicans are already threatening to sink it. As Democratic and Republican negotiators…
PARIS (Reuters) – French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire is in “very close discussions” with credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s, which put France on notice in January for a possible downgrade, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Sunday. The agency, which is due to give an update on France on June 2, said a…
By Daniel Leussink and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders of Toyota Motor Corp vote in favour of a resolution urging the automaker to improve disclosure of its lobbying related to climate change. The recommendation comes as Japan’s largest company by market capitalisation faces pressure from…
By David Lawder DETROIT (Reuters) – The United States is taking an analytical approach to its review of whether to keep tariffs on Chinese goods in place and will not base outcomes on any “breakthrough” in U.S.-China trade relations, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi told Reuters. The Biden administration is not assuming any such…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy struck a deal on Saturday to suspend the federal government’s $31.4 trillion limit on U.S. government borrowing, in order to avert a catastrophic default as soon as June 5. Their challenge isn’t over. They now have to shepherd it…
By Shankar Ramakrishnan, Davide Barbuscia, Saeed Azhar and Laura Matthews (Reuters) – Good news of a tentative deal for the U.S. debt ceiling impasse may quickly turn out to be bad news for financial markets. U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached a tentative deal to raise the federal…
By Steve Holland, Gram Slattery and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative deal to suspend the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Saturday evening, ending a months-long stalemate. However, the deal was announced without any celebration, in terms that reflected the bitter tenor…
