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By Brian Yermal Jr. Week in Review U.S.-China trade talks The United States has agreed to delay a tariff increase on China set for next week as part of a partial trade agreement reached between the two countries Friday. As part of the deal, which could be finalized as soon as next month, China has […]
By Brian Yermal Jr. Top Stories Wells Fargo & Co. is planning to rebuild its mortgage division after the bank laid off nearly 1,000 mortgage workers last year, according to a memo viewed by a media outlet. Banks are expecting a rise in mortgage activity as a result of recent decreases in interest rates, and […]
By Brian Yermal Jr. Top Stories As trade talks resume today between the United States and China in Washington, White House officials are considering including a currency agreement previously reached with China and a possible suspension of next week’s tariffs as part of an early trade deal, according to people familiar with the discussions. The […]
By Brian Yermal Jr. Top Stories Chinese negotiators are open to negotiating a partial trade deal with the United States, although they are doubtful about reaching a final trade agreement during meetings this week in Washington, according to an official with direct knowledge of the talks. China would be willing to buy more U.S. agricultural […]
By Brian Yermal Jr. Top Stories The Trump administration is progressing with talks about potential restrictions on capital flows into China, including investments made by U.S. government pension funds, according to people familiar with internal deliberations. The office of National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, the National Security Council and the Treasury Department held a […]
By Brian Yermal Jr. Top Stories PayPal Holdings Inc. announced that it will no longer participate in the coalition for Facebook Inc.’s Libra cryptocurrency project, which has faced scrutiny from U.S. and European regulators. PayPal’s decision comes amid reports that other partners who originally backed Libra have been re-evaluating their involvement with the project. (The […]
By Claire Williams and Brian Yermal Jr. Week in Review Libra Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and others that originally signed on to the initial plans for Facebook Inc.’s Libra payments network are now rethinking their involvement after the tech giant has received pushback from U.S. and European regulators, said people familiar with the matter. PayPal […]
By Brian Yermal Jr. Top Stories An Internal Revenue Service official filed a whistleblower complaint in which he said he was told that at least one Treasury Department political appointee tried to illegally interfere with the audit of the tax returns of President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, according to multiple people familiar […]
By Claire Williams Morning Consult has published the latest edition of its monthly Trump Tracker, showing the president’s approval state by state, month over month. See it here. Top Stories Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration guarantee 33 percent more debt than before the housing crisis and more than any other point in U.S. history, […]
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