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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Trump to name Fed board member Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen as head of US central bank.

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Bank of England’s monetary policy decision (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says the global economy is “firing on most cylinders” and that, as a...

MADRID (AP) — The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Spain’s central bank is warning of the economic costs of the Catalan political crisis, which it says could damage the...

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by a quarter point to 0.50 percent to rein in inflation amid a booming economy. Thursday’s move comes after a hike in August, to 0.25...

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in a decade to contain an increase in inflation stoked by the Brexit vote in what is otherwise a moment of high uncertainty for the economy. In a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a search more public than any before in the Federal Reserve’s more than a century of history, President Donald Trump is prepared Thursday to name his choice to lead the Fed. All signs suggest that...