US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will meet with Chinese officials on Monday during a visit to beijing aimed at appeasing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. His visit, which runs through Wednesday, is the latest in a series of high-level trips by US officials to China in recent months. Such visits could […]
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BCRP: remittances from abroad grew 19.2% in the second quarter of 2023
The remittance shipments of Peruvian workers from abroad amounted to US$1,094 million in the second quarter of 2023. This amount represented a growth of 19.2%, compared to the same quarter last year, reported the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). The monetary authority explained that this The result was mainly due to transfers from the […]
President Laurentino Cortizo rejects that the Panama Canal be administered by China
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo rejected that China control the Panama Canal as the former president of USADonald Trump, whose government was characterized by tensions between the two largest economies in the world. “Trump is totally wrong” in his assertions, Cortizo told reporters during a community work visit in the western province of Bocas del Toro, […]
US consumer confidence falls slightly in August
The trust of the US consumers fell slightly in August, while expectations for inflationa poll showed on Friday. The final August reading of the general index of consumer confidence from the University of Michigan stood at 69.5, compared with 71.6 in July, and below the preliminary reading from earlier in the month. Economists polled by […]
US Treasury yields at Powell’s suggestion
Treasury yields rose on Friday after the president of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powellsaid the central bank may have to raise interest rates further to ensure inflation stays within the 2% target. Powell’s remarks at the Fed’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, balanced an outlook based on the slowing pace of price increases over […]
US intelligence indicates that the crash of the Russian plane was provoked
A preliminary US intelligence assessment found that the crash of the plane that allegedly killed the Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin it was intentionally caused by an explosion, according to US and Western officials. One of the sources, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said […]
Trump arrives in Atlanta to be booked into a jail on election charges
donald trump left his New Jersey farm on Thursday to take a mugshot at a jail in New Jersey. Atlantawithin the framework of a broad criminal case derived from the attempts of the former president of USA to annul his defeat in the 2020 elections in Georgia. Trump’s entourage arrived at Newark International Airport en […]
China asks US to cancel its latest arms sale plan to Taiwan
China asked this Thursday to USA to “immediately cancel” its latest plan to sell F-16 fighter-bombers and infrared tracking systems to taiwanvalued at about 500 million dollars. China urges the United States to immediately cancel its latest plan to sell arms to Taiwan and to abandon this dangerous pattern of arming the island.Foreign Affairs spokesman […]
US jobless claims fall, job market remains tight
The number of Americans who filed new claims for benefits for unemployment dropped last week, as sea conditions working market remain tense despite aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial claims for state unemployment benefits decreased by 10,000, to a seasonally adjusted 230,000, for the week ending […]
US Accuses Crypto Platform Founders of Laundering Millions for North Koreans
The Justice Department of USA on Wednesday accused two founders of a Russian crypto platform of laundering more than $1 billion, some of that money directed to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus Group, sanctioned by the US government. Roman Storm, a 34-year-old US citizen, and Roman Semenov, a 35-year-old Russian, founders of Tornado Cash, […]