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Dr. Adriana Kugler, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, speaks to The Economic Club of New York in New York City, US, June 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo

Investors react to Kugler's resignation, firing of BLS commissioner

Separately, US President Donald Trump ordered that the commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika L. McEntarfer, be fired after data showed employment growth was than expected last month

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Trump says Brazil's Lula can call him anytime

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at government quarters Rosenbad after the trade talks between the US and China concluded, in Stockholm, Sweden, July 29, 2025. Photo: Magnus Lejhall/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

Bessent says US has 'makings of a deal' with China

US President Donald Trump walks after disembarking Marine One as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/ File Photo

Trump fires US labor official over data and gets earlier than expected chance to reshape Fed

Police officers salute as the coffin of New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer Didarul Islam, killed during a mass shooting event at a midtown Manhattan office tower on July 28, is carried during his funeral services in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, July 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Funeral of slain officer Didarul Islam shines light on Bangladeshis thriving in NYPD

This range plot displays US President Donald Trump's tariff rates or the most recent previously announced or threatened tariff rates for the US's top trading partners on Friday. Graphics: Reuters

Trump hits dozens more countries with steep tariffs

Shipping containers are seen at the Karachi port in Karachi, Pakistan, June 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

Pakistan says it wins US tariff deal; Trump cites oil reserves pact

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump says US, India still negotiating after 25% US tariff threat

FILE PHOTO: The United States Department of the Treasury is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

US hits Iranian shipping network with major new sanctions

The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2021. File Photo: Reuters

US Senate rejects bids to block arms sales to Israel over Gaza

An F-35B fighter aircraft crashed Wednesday at Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California, the Navy said. Photo: ABC News via KFSN

F-35 fighter jet crashes in California, pilot ejects safely

US President Donald Trump, accompanied by his grandchildren Chloe Trump and Spencer Trump, waves as he disembarks from Air Force One as he returns from Scotland, Britain, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, July 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Trump says he may skip G20 summit in South Africa, cites policy disapproval

A man holding a rifle walks into an office building at 345 Park Avenue shortly before a shooting that killed several people, in the Midtown Manhattan district of New York City, US July 28, 2025, in a still image taken from surveillance video. Photo: Surveillance Camera/Handout via REUTERS

NYC skyscraper shooter's 'suicide note' blamed NFL for brain disease