Andrew Mayeda
Trump invites `easy to win’ trade war as tariff anger spreads
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump invited a trade war after slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, daring other countries to act on...
IMF says global growth picking up as U.S. tax cuts take...
NEW YORK - The International Monetary Fund warned policymakers to be on guard for the next recession even as it predicted global growth will accelerate...
IMF assumes only a modest U.S. boost from Trump stimulus for...
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is taking a cautious stance toward the policies of U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump, who takes office this...
Fed resists IMF call to allow some overshoot of inflation goal
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve resisted a recommendation by the International Monetary Fund that the central bank be willing to let inflation modestly exceed...
IMF cuts U.S. growth forecast, urges ‘very gradual’ rate hikes
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. growth this year, urging the Federal Reserve to lean toward modestly overshooting its...
IMF warns of global stagnation as growth outlook cut again
WASHINGTON - A prolonged period of slow growth has left the global economy more exposed to negative shocks and raised the risk that the...
IMF warns of growing emerging-market risks as Fed nears liftoff
WASHINGTON - The IMF warned officials to protect their financial systems from possible instability as the U.S. Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates,...
RBS turns over Libor records in Canada Competition Bureau probe
OTTAWA – Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc has started turning over documents to Canada’s Competition Bureau as the regulator probes possible manipulation of...