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The prospect of losses on the Federal Reserve’s holdings of securities is a real issue for U.S. taxpayers, a former top central bank staffer wrote in a research note Wednesday.…

HONG KONG—As inflation soars around the world, the world’s second-largest economy has kept it at bay.Consumer prices in China increased just 1.5% in March from a year earlier, after rising…

This Wednesday, officials are to announce plans on how they will shrink those holdings. Expect the process to be faster and potentially more disruptive to financial markets than last time.…

American businesses are ramping up technology investment and other capital spending as they emerge from the pandemic. If sustained, that investment boom could boost productivity and living…

HONG KONG—A prolonged slowdown in China’s economic growth could hurt some multinational companies and commodity producers for years to come, casting a shadow over the global recovery from…

The Federal Reserve is entering an unfamiliar environment at the start of 2022. For the first time in decades, officials are preparing to raise interest rates when inflation is uncomfortably…

Europe’s unemployment rate has fallen below its pre-pandemic level, but a surge in wages this year doesn’t seem likely even though higher inflation has weakened workers’ spending power,…

Economists say they expect the U.S. labor market to strengthen in the months ahead, despite the surge in Covid-19 cases due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant, because employers still…

FRANKFURT—After years of digging in its heels, Germany is on track to reduce its giant foreign surpluses, a potential boon for trading partners like the U.S.For four straight years through…

The great American savings boom is coming to an end. Will the great American labor shortage now ease?That is one of the puzzles facing the labor market this winter.Federal Reserve Chairman…