US, Japan reach agreement on trade deal framework, reports say

Washington The US and Japan agreed on a broad framework for a trade deal that will keep US tariffs on Japanese automobiles in place for now, while removing barriers to beef and pork exports to Japan, Japanese media reported. Robert Lighthizer, the US Trade Representative, and Japan Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi reached an agreement in […]

Central bankers warn of limits to playbook

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming The Federal Reserve and other central banks are entering their most perilous chapter since the 2008 financial crisis, as they come under enormous pressure to keep the global economy out of recession while questions mount about their power to do so. Even as he promised to “act as appropriate to sustain the […]