Janet Yellen says interest rate hike 'will be appropriate' later this year
Janet Yellen says interest rate hike 'will be appropriate' later this year

 Janet Yellen: ‘We have no intention of embarking on a pre-set course of increases.’ Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

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22 May 2015

Federal Reserve says June too early to begin raising interest rates
Federal Reserve says June too early to begin raising interest rates

 Few Federal Reserve members believed the US economy would be ready to raise rates by June. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP

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22 May 2015

Is the fear factor holding back US government spending?
Is the fear factor holding back US government spending?

 The freeway interchange of the Harbor Freeway (California Highway 110) and the Hollywood Freeway (US 101) just north of Downtown Los Angeles, at dusk. Photograph: George Steinmetz/George Steinmetz/C…

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22 May 2015

  • The trillion-dollar questions over the flash crash and the Hound of Hounslow
  • The trillion-dollar questions over the flash crash and the Hound of Hounslow
The trillion-dollar questions over the flash crash and the Hound of Hounslow

 The floor of the New York Stock Exchange on the day of the 'flash crash' , 6 May 2010. Photograph: Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images

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22 May 2015

The 2010 'flash crash': how it unfolded
The 2010 'flash crash': how it unfolded

 Traders at the New York Stock Exchange, during the flash crash of 2010. Photograph: Henny Ray Abrams/AP

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22 May 2015

Captain Birds Eye sets sail again as US investors buy Iglo
Captain Birds Eye sets sail again as US investors buy Iglo

 The price of fish fingers has dropped 12% despite rising global food prices. Photograph: Getty/FoodCollection

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22 May 2015

Markets face new threat as US Federal Reserve ponders interest rate rise
Markets face new threat as US Federal Reserve ponders interest rate rise

 Janet Yellen: there is potential turmoil ahead if she presses the button to increase borrowing rates. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

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22 May 2015
 
 
 
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