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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin assured Israel that “we have your back” as he and America’s top diplomat met Friday with Israeli and Arab leaders. But there was no indication the U.S. was trying to prevent an expected Israeli ground offensive into Gaza that could worsen a humanitarian crisis for the […]
LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Thirteen months is often too distant an horizon for financial markets to focus on, but uncertainties surrounding 2024’s U.S. Presidential election are becoming difficult to screen out. A split Congress is at loggerheads again over government funding just as U.S. bond markets are pricing the most expensive Treasury borrowing in […]
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WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – With a partial shutdown of the U.S. government just three days away, the Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to take a procedural vote on Thursday on a bipartisan short term spending measure that has already been rejected by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Resilient U.S. growth is fueling another rebound in the dollar and sending bearish investors scrambling, though the rally will be tested by a gauntlet of data and the Federal Reserve’s meeting later this month. The U.S. dollar index , which measures the currency against a basket of its peers, […]
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Comment on this storyComment The federal deficit is projected to roughly double this year, as bigger interest payments and lower tax receipts widen the nation’s spending imbalance despite robust overall economic growth. After the government’s