A series of events in recent days is making it more unlikely that China will allow any revaluation of the yuan and increase the chance that the US will label ... Read Full Story »
Treasury chief Tim Geithner is about to make an unannounced trip to China today to meet with the Chinese Vice Premier, Wang Qishan, the official most involved with monetary policy. This may lead ... Read Full Story »
Updated 4/4: The White House today said it would delay the decision about whether to label China a "currency manipulator." Several members of Congress said they would continue to push ... Read Full Story »
The debate about the floating exchange rate of the yuan is becoming as intense inside China as it is in the US. Two economists brought on to advise the central bank ... Read Full Story »
This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate had dropped from 10.2% to 10% and that nonfarm payroll jobs declined by just 11,000. The market rallied ... Read Full Story »