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Chancellor expected to meet US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Friday in an attempt to make progress on negotiations for a UK-US economic deal

Rachel Reeves has travelled to the US capital for the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings of G7 and G20 finance ministers.

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank "must be made fit for purpose again," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday, arguing the institutions should be promoting economic growth instead of social issues.

Chancellor says UK is ‘not going to rush a deal’ and rejects new US demands on agricultural products

The chancellor is in Washington DC as pressure mounts over dire IMF predictions of the effect on Britain’s economy if Trump goes ahead with his tariffs

Weeks of tough talk from the US president, who now says he will be ‘very nice’ to China, had rattled investors

The Treasury Secretary says the U.S. and China can work together to ‘rebalance’ their respective economies

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in remarks to the Institute of International Finance on Wednesday, said, “America first does not mean America alone,” sharing that more than 100 countries have come to the table to talk trade deals.

Qualcomm continues to climb into earnings, with a tightening range and analyst support pointing to bullish momentum at just the right time.

U.S. markets opened with big gains Wednesday amid clear signs of relief after President Donald Trump said he would not attempt to fire the head of the Federal Reserve and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects a “de-escalation” from unsustainable tariffs against China in the trade war between the…

Volatility has plagued stocks in recent months, and major indexes are down since Trump’s election in November.