Trump's decision to fire statistics chief Erika McEntarfer after the weak job figures is an attempt to get other leading bureaucrats to refrain from bringing bad news, according to USA expert Jan Hallenberg. It is not a good sign for the USA's future democratic development.
BusinessAdriana Kugler, one of the members of the US central bank Federal Reserve's (Fed) board, will leave on August 8, reports American media.
BusinessUSA's president Donald Trump's quarrel with the central bank chief Jerome Powell continues. Now he takes it a step further.
BusinessTrade was cautious on the New York stock exchange ahead of Wednesday's interest rate decision from the central bank Federal Reserve, and the leading indexes rose slightly. But after the decision – that the key interest rate remains unchanged – many prices fell.
BusinessThe key interest rate in the USA remains unchanged by the central bank Federal Reserve (Fed). But the bank's board was not unanimous in Wednesday's decision: two members wanted to see a reduction of 0.25 percentage points.
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