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Financial Crisis

US-China trade war elevates the risks to the global economy

Jul 7, 2018

A US-China trade war raises economic uncertainty, threatens to drive prices up

Puerto Rico sues control board over budget differences

Jul 5, 2018

Puerto Rico sues federal control board to resolve budget differences as the U.S. territory battles an 11-year recession

Europe could suffer collateral damage in US-China trade war

Jul 4, 2018

European businesses are unsettled as they watch the U.S. and China collide over trade.

Puerto Rico senators deal blow to governor amid budget clash

Jul 3, 2018

Austerity measures are looming for Puerto Rico after senators for the second time shot down a measure aimed at overcoming budget differences between the U.S. territory's government and a federal control board overseeing its finances

Puerto Rico governor rejects budget in challenge to board

Jul 2, 2018

A disagreement over which budget Puerto Rico will use this fiscal year has deepened as the governor of the U.S. territory Signed the version approved by legislators instead of the one implemented by a federal control board

Board approves budget after Puerto Rico fails to submit one

Jul 1, 2018

A federal control board has approved its version of a budget for Puerto Rico's government, a move many expect will lead to a court battle as the U.S. territory fights austerity measures it believes will worsen an 11-year recession

Gunfire, clashes amid Iran protests over water scarcity

Jul 1, 2018

Gunfire, clashes as Iranian security forces confront water scarcity protests in the country's south

US stocks tick higher, but trade worries stop an early rally

Jun 29, 2018

US stocks finish mostly higher, but their early gains mostly evaporated as investors focused on unresolved trade tensions

Puerto Rico faces austerity measures amid budget wrangling

Jun 29, 2018

New austerity measures are looming for storm-battered Puerto Rico after legislators refused to change labor laws as ordered by a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory's finances amid an 11-year recession

IMF: Greek economy improved, but may need more debt relief

Jun 29, 2018

Greece has significantly improved its economy as it heads toward the end of its bailout program in August, but its debt will remain difficult to manage in the long term, the International Monetary Fund says