Investors Look Beyond Expected Fed Rate Rise

After Wednesday’s policy meeting, which is expected to result in 0.75-percentage-point rate increase, attention is likely to turn to how the central bank signals its course of action for September and beyond.5 min read

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China Targeted Fed to Build Informant Network, Probe Says

The investigation by Senate Republicans found that the decadelong effort included threatening to imprison a Fed economist during a trip to Shanghai unless he agreed to provide nonpublic economic data.

Putin Says Russia Will Honor Europe Gas Commitments

Russian President Vladimir Putin also warned that flows via the Nord Stream pipeline could be curbed soon if sanctions prevent additional maintenance on its components.

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