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U.S. stocks closed out a whirlwind week with a modest loss Friday as markets gauged how much to fret about the Trump administration's decision to step up the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies

Boeing, Adobe Systems and Jabil skid while Canada Goose Holdings advances

Stocks are closing slightly lower Friday after the Trump administration announced a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports and China responded with planned tariffs of its own

Global stock markets are mostly lower as U.S. President Donald Trump's approval of a plan to impose tough tariffs on China renewed concerns about trade friction

U.S. stocks mostly rose Thursday, as markets get accustomed to the idea of investing with less of a safety net from central banks around the world

US stocks ticked higher Thursday after Europe's central bank laid out how it will close the spigot on the emergency stimulus it's flooded the market with in recent years

Federal Reserve sets limits on big banks' loans to each other

Stocks are closing higher Thursday as investors cheer a report showing retail sales grew in May

Two of the globe's most powerful central banks are gradually withdrawing the easy money policies that helped repair the damage of the Great Recession.

Stocks are slightly higher at midday as investors cheer a very strong report on retail sales in May

In a dig to populist politicians who question the euro, the head of the European Central Bank says the share currency is irreversible

The European Central Bank has trimmed its forecast for economic growth this year but raised its predictions for inflation.

Asian stocks have slumped after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate and said it would pick up the pace of future increases

Old Forester, the bourbon that launched a family dynasty and a spirits company, has returned to its pre-Prohibition Kentucky home in a newly renovated building that symbolizes the brand's comeback from years of decline

Time Warner and Twenty-First Century Fox climb while H&R Block skids

Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Wednesday. Markets fell after the Fed's statement that it may accelerate its interest rate hikes this year

The price of bitcoin has fallen to a four-month low of $6,370, days after South Korean virtual currency exchange Coinrail said hackers had stolen over $37 million, almost a third of the virtual currency it had stored.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the Fed is hearing growing concerns from business executives about the Trump administration's trade policies, including anecdotal cases where companies have postponed larger purchases or new hires.

Federal Reserve policymakers expect to raise their benchmark interest rate four times this year