Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Business News (Master Feed)
IMF, World Bank urged to aid middle-income country debt distress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and World Bank should do more to help address the growing debt challenges of middle-income countries and identify the "root causes of excessive a...
Apr 09, 2021
Fed’s Kaplan says ‘will advocate’ for QE taper once pandemic over
(Reuters) - Citing his concerns about excess risk-taking in financial markets and potential inflation, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said Friday he will push for reducing the Fed...
Apr 09, 2021
Wholesale February inventories revised slightly up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale inventories increased slightly more than initially estimated in February amid a decline in sales. The Commerce Department said on Friday that wholesale inventorie...
Apr 09, 2021
Facebook to turn Menlo Park headquarters into vaccination site
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday it is converting a part of its Menlo Park headquarters into a vaccination site, joining the government effort to speed up the vaccination drive in the United St...
Apr 09, 2021
U.S. producer prices surge in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in March, resulting in the largest annual gain in 9-1/2 years, fitting in with expectations for higher inflation as the economy...
Apr 09, 2021
Brazil March inflation 6.1%, highest since 2016
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Brazil rose above 6% in March for the first time in more than four years, official figures showed on Friday, as spiking fuel and energy price...
Apr 09, 2021
Fed’s Clarida: Coming higher inflation should ‘revert back’ by year’s end
(Corrects attribution in 2nd paragraph to Bloomberg) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If an expected jump in inflation this year does not reverse going into 2022 the Fed "will have to take that into account" Fe...
Apr 09, 2021
Canada adds 303,100 jobs in March, unemployment rate falls to 7.5%
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada added 303,100 jobs in March, easily beating expectations, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.5%, its lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic, Statistics Canada data...
Apr 09, 2021
Take Five: Who’s afraid of U.S. inflation?
LONDON (Reuters) - 1/ U.S. INFLATION U.S. consumer prices for March are due out Tuesday and markets are ready to scour the data for signs that massive stimulus spending is spurring inflation. Rising i...
Apr 09, 2021
Study flags gender bias in Facebook’s ads tools
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Facebook users may not be learning about jobs for which they are qualified because the company's tools can disproportionately direct ads to a particular gender "beyond what ...
Apr 09, 2021
