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Column: No real fight facing Fed so far – Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Far from fighting the Federal Reserve, bond markets have in many ways been remarkably well behaved and are acting right on cue. What's not for the Fed to like? Part of...
Mar 17, 2021
Back to the ’70s as Fed fuels boom and hopes for no Burns marks
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are due to issue new economic projections on Wednesday, with GDP growth likely to be a blow-out number that sets the stage for an h...
Mar 17, 2021
Japan Inc offer lowest pay rises in 8 years as pandemic bites
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies are offering the lowest wage increases in eight years as labour talks wrap up on Wednesday, in a sign the COVID-19 pandemic is putting an end ...
Mar 17, 2021
Pfizer to halt biosimilar output in China, sell assets to WuXi Biologics
BEIJING (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has decided to stop producing biosimilar products in China and sell a unit in the eastern city of Hangzhou to WuXi Biologics Inc, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday. T...
Mar 17, 2021
Oil bears and bulls grapple as market puzzles over pandemic exit
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Trading in oil futures is now as heavy as it was in the first months of the COVID-19 crisis, according to market data and analysts, with oil bulls and bears rushing...
Mar 17, 2021
Airlines face headache over ‘use-by’ date on some jet parts as pandemic grounds fleets
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Airlines with planes idled by the pandemic are cutting costs by delaying some maintenance tasks like changing life vests, testing oxygen bottles and checking emergency exits...
Mar 16, 2021
Japan temporarily sets higher tariffs on U.S. beef imports
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is temporarily raising tariffs on U.S. beef imports as volumes have exceeded levels agreed to between the two nations for the fiscal year ending on March 31, Japan's agricultur...
Mar 16, 2021
U.S. agency criticizes Hong Kong air carrier quarantine rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) warned it could limit flights by carriers based in Hong Kong after the Asian financial hub imposed quarantine rule...
Mar 16, 2021
Oil dips on demand worries despite surprise drop in U.S. crude stocks
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped for a fourth day on Wednesday on worries about rocky demand in Europe, even as hopes of a recovery in U.S. refinery activity were boosted by ind...
Mar 16, 2021
Japan households amass record financial assets as COVID-19 crimps spending
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households' financial assets hit a fresh record near 2 quadrillion yen last year, half of which was in cash and bank deposits, in a sign the coronavirus pandemic encouraged ...
Mar 16, 2021
