The support package came after smaller measures were announced to jump-start growth. Economists said it was not big enough to address China’s sluggish economy.

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The support package came after smaller measures were announced to jump-start growth. Economists said it was not big enough to address China’s sluggish economy.

Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the central bank, has been a frequent target of the president-elect, who appointed him in 2018.

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Yields on government bonds — which underpin all kinds of borrowing in the economy — are rising. But the Fed is cutting rates. What gives?

The president-elect could reshape government and may dramatically transform foreign and domestic policy in a second term.

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Donald J. Trump spent his first presidency on a collision course with America’s central bank. Will it intensify?

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The Federal Reserve is reducing rates in response to cooling inflation. Donald Trump’s presidential victory has pumped up uncertainty.

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When the housing market was flying high, mortgage defaults were almost nonexistent. But now the legal system is struggling to keep up with evictions.

The restructuring of Europe’s largest lender comes as it looks to cut costs and navigate a diplomatic minefield across its sprawling operations.

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said an agreement was close. She also rebuked China’s lending practices and called for more debt relief.

New data shows the challenges facing Chinese policymakers trying to stimulate an economy marked by falling prices, weak consumer spending and a housing market crash.

Assurances from government officials on plans to strengthen the private sector offset a lack of specifics about economic stimulus.

The finance minister said Beijing would sell bonds to supplement spending and help banks but did not detail how much.

The government has fired up investors by encouraging banks to lend more to buyers of stocks and real estate, but officials refrained on Tuesday from promising more stimulus.

A Treasury official will call for greater transparency over emergency currency “swap” loans to struggling countries by China’s central bank.

After seeing prices decline for years, Chinese officials have made a burst of policy changes aimed at making it easier to buy homes.

The country’s central bank also freed commercial banks to lend more money in a package of moves aimed at rekindling growth in a stagnant economy.

A real estate collapse has made consumers cautious and businesses wary, as China confronts a crisis unlike any other since it opened its economy to the world.

Crushing obligations to foreign creditors that have few precedents have sapped numerous African nations of growth and stoked social instability.