Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries surged to a record in February, its fifth straight monthly rise, Treasury Department data released on Wednesday showed. Holdings totaled $7.965 trillion, up from a revised $7.945 trillion in January. Treasuries owned by foreigners rose 8.7% from a year earlier.
Demand at Emergency Departments increased again in the first 12 weeks of this year.
It is also the first time the WNBA Draft has drawn more than 1 million viewers, and it also flew past the TV figures of the MLB and NHL drafts in 2023, according to various reports.
Number of Chinese nationals who crossed the border illegally in FY 2024 already surpassed the total number apprehended in the entire prior year. Border Patrol detained 24,296 Chinese nationals at the borders since October. DHS Sec. Mayorkas told Congress one
Health workers issued 11 million sick notes, also called 'fit notes', in England last year, up 108 per cent from 5.3 million in 2015, according to Policy Exchange think-tank.
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Pent-up demand, an aging population and a lack of funding are being blamed for elective surgery wait times blowing out to the longest on record following the release of a damning report. The latest Public Health Report Card, released on Friday by the Australian Medical Association, shows the median wait time for elective surgeries was […]
Unions say schools do not have enough resources to support persistently disruptive pupils.
China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged 11.3 million barrels per day (bpd), up by 10% compared to 2022, according to Chinese customs data compiled by Bloomberg and the U.S....
Inflation has made the cost of just about everything in the U.S. more expensive — including retirement. A new study published by Northwestern Mutual found the “magic number” that Americans believe they need in order to retire comfortably hit $1.46 million this year, the highest level on record. The figure represents a nearly 15% jump […]
Money helps shed light on which is a better investment: gold or stocks.
BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- China's total import and export of goods