Trump nominee for Interior backs full-throttle drilling on federal lands

(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum, will tell lawmakers during his nomination hearing on Thursday that he will vigorously pursue Trump’s goals of…

State of the Forex market: USD and AUD see increased demand, CAD and NZD fall short

Investing.com — The demand for the United States Dollar (USD) experienced a significant uptick, notably against the Emerging Market Foreign Exchange (EMFX), as investors wrapped up 2024 with a long…

Barclays raises USD/INR forecast to 89.5 by end-2025

Barclays (LON:BARC) updated its forecast for the Indian Rupee, projecting a decline against the US Dollar to 89.5 by the end of 2025, adjusting from a previous target of 87.0.…

Morning Bid: Inflation relief and bumper bank earnings

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street’s best day of the year so far was rooted in inflation relief and a…

Analysis-Dollar rules as investors eye Trump’s economic policies

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and fading hopes for aggressive interest rate cuts have driven the dollar…

Trump upended trade once, aims to do so again with new tariffs

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump came to Washington eight years ago vowing to rewrite U.S. trade relationships, shrink a massive goods trade deficit and rebuild America’s industrial…

Oil retreats slightly after boost from US crude draw, Russia sanctions

By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied on Thursday a day after settling at multi-month highs on the latest U.S. sanctions on Russia and a larger-than-forecast fall in U.S.…

Europe to increase LNG imports as gas inventories deplete: analyst

Investing.com — Europe is projected to increase its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet its storage filling targets for the year, as gas inventories are rapidly depleting, according…

Adopted wild boar ‘Rillette’ threatened with euthanasia in France

By Lucien Libert CHAOURCE, France (Reuters) – Animal rights campaigners in France are fighting to save a wild boar adopted as a piglet by a horse breeder but now threatened…

Oil steadies after boost from US crude draw, Russia sanctions

By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied on Thursday a day after settling at multi-month highs on the latest U.S. sanctions on Russia and a larger-than-forecast fall in U.S.…