WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods unexpectedly rose in August, though business spending on equipment appears to have lost momentum in the third quarter. Non-defense capital…

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Thursday his bank is launching a new panel to track how reference…

(Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes edged up in August from July’s record-low level as a drop in mortgage interest rates in anticipation of Federal Reserve benchmark…

(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman on Thursday said banks’ use of the Fed’s discount window is for emergencies, rather than for more usual liquidity needs, a narrow view…

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank’s departing chairman Thomas Jordan made his last public appearance on Thursday, with his successor – Vice Chairman Martin Schlegel – pledging to stick…

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – The global financial architecture needs a permanent mechanism for restructuring sovereign debt, as measures currently in place have fallen short for creditors and…