JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said that headcount at the largest US bank is set to remain unchanged for the rest of the year after climbing more than 8%.

The US government is struggling to explain how a 21-year-old man in a junior post was in a position to allegedly leak a massive trove of classified US documents related to the Ukraine conflict. Jack Teixeira, a cyber specialist for the US Air Force National Guard, was arrested in Massachusetts and is scheduled to be arraigned in US District Court in Boston on Friday.

Canadian home prices rose for the first time in a year in March after the country’s central bank halted its interest rate hikes and sellers remained hesitant to list their properties.

The world’s largest pension fund is allocating 500 billion yen ($3.77 billion) to an index of Japanese companies that do better on gender diversity as Japan looks to bolster its low ranking for diverse workplaces.

South Africa’s state-owned electricity provider will reduce power cuts during the daytime over the weekend as it expects lower demand.

US retail sales fell for a second month in March, indicating household spending is cooling as Americans face high inflation and rising borrowing costs.

Ghana has taken the tough economic decisions needed to win a rescue package from the International Monetary Fund, once bilateral creditors sign off on assurances, said the institution’s Africa Department Director Abebe Selassie.