August 4th Current Affairs 2026: Daily Updates for Competitive Exams - Sakshi Education

The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady for a seventh consecutive meeting as an escalation in the trade war with the US threatens growth and creates the risk of new inflation pressures.

Spain’s decision to grant residency permits to undocumented migrants is reshaping its labor-market data, bringing more workers onto formal payrolls while simultaneously pushing up the number registered as jobless.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh used his keynote speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, last week to map out some of the key data points he leans on to read the US economy, offering new insight into his approach to…

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said there’s evidence inflation continues to ease as the impact of tariffs fades while higher energy prices are not spreading to other services.

Private payrolls rose by 38,000 in August according to ADP research. Economists expected a gain of 47,000. This was the smallest increase since the start of the year. Bloomberg's Michael McKee reports. (Source:…

The Dutch Central Bank has shifted more than a quarter of its gold reserves held in the US and Canada to the UK, citing concerns about geopolitical unrest.