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Federal Reserve delivers rate cut, signals more easing ahead amid labor market weakness
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday and indicated...
Senate confirms Trump nominee Stephen Miran to Federal Reserve Board
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board...
Fed rate cuts test durability of record $7.6tn in money market funds
NEW YORK (Realist English). Investors who have benefitted from higher yields on cash parked in money market funds and high-yield...
Trump narrows Fed chair shortlist to Hassett and Warsh
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Donald Trump has confirmed that Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are the leading candidates to succeed Federal...
Trump Treasury chief calls for sweeping review of Federal Reserve as pressure mounts on Powell
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for a comprehensive review of the Federal Reserve, intensifying the...
Powell defends Fed headquarters renovation amid Trump-era criticism
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has formally responded to allegations from Russell Vought, a senior official in...
Federal Reserve lowers 2025 growth forecast as Trump-era tariffs cloud rate cut outlook
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Reserve on Wednesday downgraded its outlook for the U.S. economy in 2025, signaling heightened uncertainty...
The American financier urged the Fed to fight inflation more aggressively
DAVOS (Realist English). The US Federal Reserve system should start acting much more aggressively to cope with raging inflation, said...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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