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BOJ Keeps Interest Rates Steady, Hawkish Board Member Dissents

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Finance

Volkswagen Nears Deal With Unions to Keep Car Plants Open, Bloomberg Says

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Finance

BOJ Keeps Rates Steady by 8-1 Vote, Board Member Tamura Dissents

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Finance

Asian Stocks Dive After Fed Flags Slower Rate Cuts, BOJ Decision Awaited

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Exclusive-Adani, Under Bribery Scrutiny, Pressed by Bangladesh to Reopen Power Deal

Date: December 19, 2024

By Krishna N. Das DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's interim government has accused energy supplier Adani Power of breaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement by withholding tax benefits that a power plant...

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Oil Falls on Demand Concerns After Fed Signals Slower Easing Ahead

Date: December 19, 2024

By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early trading on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled that it would slow the pace of interest rate cuts in 2025, potentially...

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Trump, Not yet in Office, Already a Figure in Global Economic Policy

Date: December 19, 2024

By Dan Burns and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's economic reckoning with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump began in earnest this week, with some...

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Bank of England to Keep Rates Steady as Price Pressures Linger

Date: December 19, 2024

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates at 4.75% on Thursday, despite signs of a slowing economy, as persistent inflation pressures limit it to a "...

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Dollar Charges Ahead on Hawkish Fed Outlook, Yen Awaits BOJ

Date: December 19, 2024

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar flirted with a two-year peak on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled a slower pace of rate cuts in 2025, while the yen slid to a one-month low ahead...

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Britain Seeks to Beef up Ofgem Energy Regulator's Powers

Date: December 19, 2024

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain set out plans on Thursday to strengthen its energy regulator Ofgem to help facilitate the country's shift towards a decarbonised energy system by 2030 and better protect...