Live: Hurricane Lurking in the Gulf Takes Aim at Texas

By ALAN BLINDER August 25, 2017 HOUSTON — Hurricane Harvey, powered by the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters and poised to strike the United States as a major hurricane, swept toward Texas on Friday, when high winds and dozens of inches of rain were...

Central banks’ pursuit of inflation has turned Sisyphean and some are calling for it to end

As an example, he pointed to Thailand’s 10-year treasury bond. That was yielding around 2.42 percent on Friday, compared with the arguably far less risky 10-year U.S. Treasury, which was yielding only a slightly lower 2.1886 percent. Instead, Carnell said...

Egypt could be a pawn in the US’s North Korea offensive — if it had the foresight

The U.S.’s moves on Tuesday to cancel state aid to Egypt prompted suggestions that the Middle Eastern country may have become little more than a bargaining chip in a wider strategy to apply to North Korea. But analysts have suggested this could be something of...