• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Obama says will raise currency topic with Chinese

Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:20pm EST

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he plans to raise the issue of the yuan currency with Chinese officials when he meets with them in Beijing next week.

Currencies  |  Bonds

"Currency, along with a host of other issues, will come up, and I'm confident that both the United States and China can arrive at a broad set of policies that encourages trade that benefits both countries, that allows ongoing economic growth," Obama told Reuters in an interview.

Currencies
Bonds


More from Reuters

Photo

Housing starts rise less than expected

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New housing starts rose but were lower than expected in November as construction activity for single family dwellings increased only marginally, a government report showed on Wednesday.

» More Top News
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is pictured at his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination to continue as Chairman of the Board of Governors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed

No great expectations

Investors are getting antsy about when the Fed will tighten its purse strings, now that the economy appears to be coming back to life.   Full Article 

ECONOMY
A police officer beats a protester at a road block during a demonstration outside the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 16, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Christian Charisius

Protesters storm barricades

Tensions rise in Copenhagen as police use truncheons and pepper spray to keep back hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Bella Center.  Full Article | Slideshow 

CLIMATE CONFERENCE