EghtesadOnline: Asian shares started the week modestly higher on Monday after a bumper quarter as investors look to the shape of U.S. trade and economic policies and how they could affect global growth.

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen goes to Congress on Tuesday for the first time since Republicans took control of the White House and both houses of the legislature with less clarity on the direction of U.S. economic policy than at any time of her three-year tenure.

EghtesadOnline: International Monetary Fund’s chief economist suggested the world economy prepare for shift in US policy and warned of possible rising protectionism following exchange rate fluctuations resulting from the shifting.

EghtesadOnline: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin emerged over the weekend as one of the staunchest defenders of Donald Trump in the Cabinet, bringing stability to the administration’s economic policy agenda as it heads into what’s expected to be an unpredictable debt-limit debate.

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates at an upcoming meeting, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, although she flagged considerable uncertainty over economic policy under the Trump administration.

EghtesadOnline: Asian shares pulled ahead to two-month highs on Wednesday as investors looked to President-elect Donald Trump's news conference later in the day for any clues to his policies on tax, fiscal spending, international trade and currencies.