Inflation cooled to an annual rate of 2.7 percent in November, the lowest rise in prices since July, in a boost for President Donald Trump as he aims to make his case to voters struggling with the ...

China Vanke, once the country’s largest home developer, is no longer too big to fail. As the state-backed property giant buckles under the weight of its debt, the government has so far refrained from ...

Marijuana rules: President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to downgrade cannabis from the most restrictive category of drugs like heroin, which would facilitate medical research. But it ...

Major central banks have delivered interest-rate cuts in 2025 at the fastest clip and largest scale since the financial crisis, while easing among policy makers ‍in developing nations also accelerated ...

Markets still anticipate easing in 2026, but only at the margins. Recent reporting from Bloomberg and Reuters suggests growing interest in five-year Treasuries, reflecting concern that longer-dated ...

US Dollar Index declines as expectations grow that the Federal Reserve will continue easing policy. Fed’s Miran warned recession risks rise without easing, but the need for a 50-basis-point cut ...

GBP/USD strengthens to around 1.3510 in Wednesday’s early European session. The BoE interest rate is likely to continue on a gradual downward path. Traders brace for the US Initial Jobless Claims ...

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As President Trump’s beauty pageant to select a new Federal Reserve chief grinds on, spare a thought for the booby prize Jerome Powell has left for his successor. Last week’s Federal Open Market ...

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WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order directing the loosening of federal regulations on marijuana, a move that could further reverse decades of ...

It's been 60-plus years since the Harvard Psilocybin Project, the rise of hippie communes, and the psychedelic era. Now some baby boomers are returning to the drugs of their youth — to confront aging.