WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point in an effort to cool the most intense...
China has punished a number of local officials with demotions or dismissal for falsifying economic data, the country's statistics bureau said on Friday, as...
U.S. stocks edged lower on Thursday after a recent run of gains, pressured by weak economic data and a drop in healthcare shares, while investors kept a close watch on U.S.-China trade talks.