By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — Polls closed in two dozen states Tuesday night as the nation voted in the first midterm elections of Joe Biden’s presidency, with control of Congress, governorships and other key races hanging in the balance. Democrats flipped two Republican-held governorships, making Maura Healey the first […]
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – Some measures of liquidity in the $17 trillion U.S. Treasury market are almost back to normal, thanks to the Federal Reserve’s giant purchases, after drying up two weeks ago at the height of the coronavirus panic, but trading conditions remain challenging. Without the Fed’s intervention, […]
By Leika Kihara, Balazs Koranyi and Howard Schneider TOKYO/FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world’s top three central banks look set to take steps to limit the economic damage from the fast-spreading coronavirus, with the heads of the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan issuing emergency statements on Monday that echoed one from U.S. Federal Reserve […]
