Notizia

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to push during World Trade Organization meetings this week for an extension of a moratorium on tariffs on digital trade that has been in place since 1998.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has put Credit Suisse on a watchlist of institutions in need of stricter supervision, the Financial Times reported late on Sunday, citing a letter sent in May.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar climbed to a near four-week high against a basket of currencies on Friday, after data showed U.S. consumer prices accelerated in May, strengthening expectations the Federal Reserve may have to continue with interest rate hikes through September to combat inflation.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's government on Thursday night moved forward with its bid to privatize Eletrobras, Latin America's largest utility, as the share offering through which its stake in the company is set to be diluted was priced.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar rose to a near four-week high against a basket of currencies on Friday, after data showed U.S. consumer prices accelerated in May, suggesting the Federal Reserve may have to continue with interest rate hikes through September to combat inflation.

The Japanese yen jumped on Friday after the government and the central bank in a rare joint statement expressed concern about the yen's recent slide to hit two-decade lows.

Japan's government and central bank said on Friday they were concerned by recent sharp falls in the yen in a rare joint statement, the strongest warning to date that Tokyo could intervene to support the currency which has sunk to 20-year lows.

ULSAN, South Korea (Reuters) -Defiant South Korean truckers embarked on broader and more aggressive strike action on Friday, threatening to severely curtail deliveries of raw materials for semiconductors and petrochemical products.

The dollar edged off a two-week high on the euro on Friday, ahead of inflation data that should guide the Federal Reserve's policy tightening path, and after the European Central Bank said it would start its rate-hike campaign next month.