Iran Says It Attacked U.S. Facilities at Jordans Al-Azraq and Bahrains Sheikh Isa Air Bases

Japan finance minister Katayama: prepared to take decisive steps on forex Japanese Finance Minister Katayama noted that the U.S. Treasury's forex report highlighted the bilateral statement affirming that excessive foreign exchange fluctuations are undesirable. Japan Finmin Katayama: Japan and U.S. maintain round-the-clock communication

The Federal Reserve will likely keep rates unchanged, at next week’s meeting and through 2026, as recent data has bought the FOMC some breathing room, according to economists at Natixis. Economists Christopher Hodge and Selin Aker wrote in Natixis’ FOMC preview that while data from the intermeeting period was sparse, it leaned dovish. “[T]he one Employment ...

The Trump administration is exploring the removal of Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr, Bloomberg News reported on the 22nd, citing multiple sources. The focus is an external investigation by the Fed into the spring 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), with the move seen as an effort to hold Barr accountable—he was the Fed's Vice Chair for ...