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WASHINGTON (April 11): Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the US central bank’s task has shifted from a post-crisis exercise of healing the economy to one aimed at holding on to progress made.

WASHINGTON (Jan 24): President Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from a long-planned trade deal with Pacific Rim nations creates a political and economic vacuum that China is eager to fill, offering a boost for beleaguered US manufacturing regions while

LIMA, PERU (Nov 21): Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific nations ended their annual summit Sunday with a call to resist protectionism amid signs of increased free-trade skepticism, highlighted by the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election.

WASHINGTON (Nov 7): The FBI said on Sunday it stood by its earlier recommendation that no criminal charges were warranted against Democrat Hillary Clinton for using a private email server for government work, lifting a cloud over her presidential campai