Coverage: Oil prices hit three-year high
Oil prices hit new 2018 highs — and a three-year high — as missile strikes on top crude exporter Saudi Arabia added to the market’s worries about escalating conflict between the United States and Russia in Syria. Tom DiChristopher of CNBC.com had the news: Brent, the benchmark for international oil prices, earlier climbed to its highest […]
Buell hired by MLex to cover tax policy
Former Wall Street Journal reporter Todd Buell has been hired by MLex to cover the European Union in Brussels. Buell will focus mainly on tax policy as a senior correspondent. Buell previously wrote about the European Central Bank and the eurozone economy from The Journal’s Frankfurt bureau. His coverage area included monetary policy, economic indicators, […]
Coverage: Trade deficit rises to near 10-year high
The U.S. trade deficit increased to a near 9-1/2-year high in February, with both imports and exports rising to record highs in a sign of strong domestic and global demand. Lucia Mutikani of Reuters had the news: News on Thursday of the worsening trade deficit came as the United States and China were embroiled in tit-for-tat […]
HuffPost hires Hobbes to cover economic trends
Michael Hobbes is joining HuffPost as a reporter covering economic trends. He will be based in Seattle and starts on April 9. Hobbes will continue to be a contributor to HuffPost Highline. His Highline story “FML,” about the terrifying financial future millennials face, was nominated for a National Magazine Award and a Webby award. It […]
Keynes named U.S. economics editor at The Economist
Soumaya Keynes has been named the U.S. economics editor for The Economist and will be moving from London to Washington. She has been an economics correspondent. Keynes expects to move in May. Henry Curr, formerly U.S. economics editor, is now leading global economics coverage for the publication, based in London. Keynes also does the Free Exchange […]
Coverage: Economic growth is revised upward
The U.S. economy grew at a 2.9 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year, an upward revision that caps three quarters of the fastest growth in more than a decade. Martin Crutsinger of the Associated Press had the news: The gross domestic product, the country’s total output of goods and services, grew at […]
Coverage: Home prices rise more than forecast
A limited number of properties for sale against a backdrop of steady demand helped keep home prices elevated in January, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data released Tuesday. Katia Dmitrieva of Bloomberg News had the story: Home prices continue to post solid gains across the country, with the largest advances occurring in the West. While demand […]
Coverage: Fed raises interest rates, signals more to come
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates on Wednesday and forecast at least two more hikes for 2018, highlighting its growing confidence that tax cuts and government spending will boost the economy and inflation and spur more aggressive future tightening. Jonathan Spicer and Jason Lange of Reuters had the news: In its first policy meeting under new […]
Bloomberg seeks economics reporter in Paris
Bloomberg News is now looking for an experienced reporter to cover the French economy in Paris. Working together with both our regional team and our global network of journalists, the successful candidate will deliver breaking news, exclusives, and world-class analysis on France’s economics and fiscal politics in the era of Emmanuel Macron. The ability to […]
Coverage: Trade deficit hits nine-year high
The U.S. trade deficit increased to a more than nine-year high in January, with the shortfall with China widening sharply, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s “America First” trade policies aimed at eradicating the deficit will likely fail. Lucia Mutikani of Reuters had the news: The trade gap continues to widen a year into the Trump presidency. […]
