War, pandemic, and inflation deal Fed a complex trifecta

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In what now seem the simpler days of December, when there was only a pandemic to worry about, Federal Reserve officials rallied around the view they could tame inflation with modest interest rate hikes while t…

Former U.S. President Obama tests positive for COVID-19

(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was feeling fine other than a scratchy throat. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama wrote on Twitter. …