China and Germany, the world’s second-largest and fourth-largest economies respectively, expressed concern about Federal Reserve plans to pump $600 billion into the U.S. economy.
The Fed announced plans to buy $600 billion of assets earlier this week…
In Asia on Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.1%, China’s Shanghai Composite inched down 0.3%. and in Japan, the Nikkei 225 crept up 0.1%. Investors are closely monitoring the U.S. midterm elections, with many predicti…
Analysts lately have loudly proclaimed the end of the dollar, leaving investors looking to stay ahead with a choice of betting on stocks, which have 17% fallen in the last decade, or staying “safe” in very low-yield money marke…
China surprised international markets Tuesday by raising key interest rates for the first time in three years. The move sparked a worldwide sell-off on worries that it could cause the Chinese economy to slow down.
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The U.S. will not weaken the dollar in order to boost its exports, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised. “It is not going to happen in this country,” Geithner told Silicon Valley business leaders of devaluing the dollar…