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Fitch leaves US credit outlook negative
Rating agency Fitch The rating agency leaves the outlook for the USA negative. (Photo: dpa) Washington The rating agency Fitch continues to threaten the world’s largest economy, the USA, with…
Agreement on US debt ceiling gives investors a sigh of relief
Frankfurt The leading German index, the Dax, rose significantly on Friday. After a hesitant start, the stock market barometer climbed until late afternoon and closed with a plus of a…
Agreement on US debt ceiling gives investors a sigh of relief
Frankfurt The leading German index, the Dax, rose significantly on Friday. After a hesitant start, the stock market barometer climbed by around one percent to 16,051 points, once again exceeding…
Agreement on US debt ceiling gives investors a sigh of relief
Frankfurt The leading German index, the Dax, rose significantly on Friday. After a hesitant start, the stock market barometer had climbed a good one percent to 16,022 points by midday,…
Agreement on US debt ceiling gives investors a sigh of relief
Investors react with relief to the final agreement on raising the US debt ceiling. Late Thursday night, the second chamber of legislature, the Senate, also passed President Joe Biden-backed legislation…
Agreement on US debt ceiling gives investors a sigh of relief
Frankfurt The German leading index Dax started Friday with a plus. The stock market barometer rose by 0.6 percent in early trading to 15,948 points and is thus once again…
Senate resolution: USA avert default
Washington An impending insolvency of the US government has been averted. After the House of Representatives, the Senate in Washington also approved a bill late on Thursday evening (local time),…
Debt law passed: USA avert default
Washington An impending insolvency of the US government has been averted. After the House of Representatives, the Senate in Washington also approved a bill late on Thursday evening (local time),…
After the debt deal, the next “Date X” threatens – for the Ukraine aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Senator Lindsey Graham Graham is one of the top advocates for Ukraine aid in the US Congress. (Photo: dpa) Washington The Republican Lindsey Graham,…
Debt deal passes US House of Representatives – and has yet to clear another hurdle
Washington After weeks of arguing about the record deficit in the United States, the US House of Representatives decided to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling. On Wednesday night, the Chamber…
Stock market slide? Skeptics expect a fall to 12,000 points
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange Europe’s stock markets have seen respectable price gains in recent months – but many experts do not trust the upswing. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt Many stock exchanges…
Stock market slide? Skeptics expect a fall to 12,000 points
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange Europe’s stock markets have seen respectable price gains in recent months – but many experts do not trust the upswing. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt Many stock exchanges…
US committee clears way for debt ceiling vote
House of Representatives The agreement on the debt limit has cleared the first hurdle. (Photo: dpa) The hard-fought compromise in the debt dispute between the US government and the Republicans…
Conservative US lawmakers oppose debt compromise
US House of Representatives In the committee on Tuesday, the members of the right-wing group House Freedom Caucus in particular initially opposed the compromise. (Photo: dpa) Washington Resistance to the…
Investors switch to crisis mode – what that means for the Dax
bull and bear Investor sentiment has deteriorated for the fourth consecutive week. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The price setback in the past week has significantly worsened the mood on the German…
Agreement on debt deal – it’s going to be so turbulent now
Joe Biden The US President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have reached an agreement in the debt dispute. (Photo: Reuters) Washington The US Congress has only a…
Preliminary agreement reached in dispute over debt ceiling
Kevin McCarthy The leader of the House of Representatives wants to speak to the press in the evening. (Photo: AP) Washington President Joe Biden and Republican Kevin McCarthy have achieved…
Agreement in debt dispute “very close”
Kevin McCarthy The leader of the House of Representatives addressed the press on Saturday. (Photo: dpa) Washington The leading Republican in the US Congress, Kevin McCarthy, sees good chances for…
Agreement in sight on dispute over US debt ceiling
Joe Biden (r) and Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House Biden’s Democrats need the support of Republicans to reach an agreement. (Photo: dpa) Washington In the United States, the government…
Fitch threatens to downgrade USA’s top rating
U.S. dollar Without an agreement on the debt ceiling, the United States is threatened with default. (Photo: Reuters) Washington, NY The rating agency Fitch takes a somewhat more critical view…