Global stock index falls, bond yields rise ahead of rate decisions
By Sinéad Carew and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -MSCI's global equity gauge fell on Friday while bond yields climbed as investors waited for clues about the future...
Trump calls for end to daylight saving time
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the Republican Party "will use its best efforts" to end daylight saving time, which he...
Dollar set for best week in a month on cautious Fed outlook for 2025
By Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar headed for its best weekly performance in a month on Friday, as investors priced in the possibility of the Federal Reserve cutting...
Exclusive-Yellen warns incoming Trump team against interfering with bank supervision
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday urged the incoming Trump administration to refrain from interfering with...
US FAA moves to streamline key commercial space launch hurdle
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was moving to streamline a key commercial space launch and reentry license hurdle,...
Economists expect Fed to cut rates next, but slow pace in 2025: Bloomberg survey
-- Next (LON:NXT) week's Federal Reserve widely expected Federal Reserve rate cut is now expected to be accompanied by a less dovish outlook of just three rate cuts...
Exxon wants to keep option for Hess Guyana assets, CEO says
(This Dec. 11 story has been corrected to say that the goal is to keep the option open if Hess arbitration succeeds, in the headline and paragraph 1) HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon...
US Supreme Court will hear clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's...
Fed rate view in focus as robust stocks year draws to close
By Lewis (JO:LEWJ) Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - A banner year for U.S. stocks gets one of its last big tests with the coming week’s Federal Reserve meeting, as investors await...
December rate cut baked in, but Fed to signal cautious about rate-cut path ahead
-- The November inflation released this week helped cool fears that disinflation is stalling, giving the Federal Reserve room to cut interest rates next week, but the...