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Markets in Q1: Invasion and inversion shake world order
Date: March 30, 2022
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Investors had hoped 2022 would be the year when the market recovery from COVID-19 finally got cemented and life started to feel a little more normal. Boy were they wrong. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine combined with supercharged global inflation have ignited talk of new geopolitical and economic world orders,...
India bets on satellite broadband to bridge rural digital divide
Date: March 30, 2022
By Rina Chandran DUNGE, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The day started well for Sayi Gharat. The nine-year-old schoolgirl managed to connect easily to her online science class, as she sat on a daybed in her grandmother’s home in western India. But Sayi knew she would not be able to stay in the same spot...
Lessor BOC Aviation repossesses 747-8 cargo plane from Russian operator
Date: March 30, 2022
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) -A Boeing 747-8 freighter leased to Russia’s AirBridgeCargo has flown to California from Hong Kong, according to FlightRadar24, after a U.S. judge signed an order allowing lessor BOC Aviation Ltd to repossess it. The order was unsealed and made public on Tuesday, court documents showed and the aircraft arrived in the...
ECB’s Lagarde insists inflation will stop rising
Date: March 30, 2022
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Food and energy prices in the euro zone should stop rising, which should help the euro zone avoid a combination of stagnant growth and high inflation feared by economists, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday. Inflation in Spain hit 9.8% this month and it expected to have run above...
Cracks widen in euro zone economy as war in Ukraine rages on
Date: March 30, 2022
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Europe’s economy is increasingly feeling the heat from Russia’s war in Ukraine as growth stalls, confidence plummets and inflation soars, data and warnings from policymakers made clear on Wednesday. Sanctions on Russia following its invasion last month have pushed energy prices to record highs across the continent, sapping confidence...
BoE’s Broadbent sees value in guidance, as long as it’s clear
Date: March 30, 2022
By Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent said on Wednesday that policymakers should be clear about how they plan to react to changes in the economy, but he warned against types of guidance that risked being viewed as promises about the future. The BoE wrong-footed many investors...