Economy

Fragile Global Economy Faces New Crisis in Israel-Gaza War

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that the pace of the global economic recovery is slowing, a warning that…

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Yellen May Face Questions in Morocco Over U.S. Dysfunction

As Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen arrives in Morocco this week to meet with her international counterparts, she will be…

3 years ago

Oil Prices Jump on Fighting in Israel and Gaza

After a surge this summer when oil prices approached $100 a barrel, the cost of crude was tumbling again. Now…

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Russia’s Economy Is Increasingly Structured Around Its War in Ukraine

“Everything needed for the front,” Russia’s finance minister declared, echoing a Soviet slogan from World War II as he talked…

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Israel-Gaza Conflict Could Slow Natural Gas Investment in Area

The fighting between Israel and militants from Gaza could be a blow to the ambitions of Israel and the wider…

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Strong U.S. Job Growth Shows Economy Is Defying Challenges

In a sign of continued economic stamina, American payrolls grew by 336,000 in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, the…

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Amid Strikes, One Question: Are Employers Miscalculating?

The list of gains that the Hollywood writers secured to end a nearly five-month strike with studios once seemed ludicrously…

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Hiring Is Rising Along With Rates. Are They on a Collision Course?

Heather Mahmood-Corley, a real estate agent, was seeing decent demand for houses in the Phoenix area just a few weeks…

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Lewis the Ghoul is Taking Over Halloween Décor

He stands eight feet tall and is shrouded in a black, gauzy robe, with his monstrous, orange hands open in…

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In Provence, Winemakers Confront Climate Change

“You can taste the climate change.”Frédéric Chaudière, a third-generation winemaker in the French village of Mormoiron, took a sip of…

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