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Top StoriesUK Economy Surges Unexpectedly, Bolstering Case for Rate Hike Next Week
Top StoriesAnalysis-An Oil Shock Is Coming, but the U.S. May Have Already Paid for It
Top StoriesChina’s Economic Stability Can Support Global Growth Amid Ukraine Crisis- Citigroup
Top StoriesEuro Set for Biggest 3-day Drop in 2 Years as Oil Prices Soar
Investors Seek Bargains as Ukraine Keeps Markets on Edge
Date: March 1, 2022
By Sujata Rao and Lewis Krauskopf LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Money managers are scanning roiled global markets for bargains after unprecedented Western sanctions propelled Russia into a full-blown crisis, sent oil prices soaring and put monetary policy bets in flux. The wild gyrations that have been a hallmark of markets in recent weeks continued on Monday,...
Rouble Rebounds, Oil Jumps Back Above $100
Date: March 1, 2022
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – European stock markets sagged and oil jumped back above $100 a barrel on Tuesday as markets struggled with massive uncertainty caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the rouble recovered from a rout driven by Western sanctions. Russia’s stock markets remained suspended and some bond trading platforms were no...
EU Ready to Take Economic Pain of Imposing Sanctions on Russia
Date: February 25, 2022
By Leigh Thomas and Jan Strupczewski PARIS (Reuters) -The European Union is ready to bear the economic pain of imposing sanctions on Russia, which is likely to come mainly from higher energy prices, top EU finance officials said on Friday. EU leaders agreed on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Russia’s financial, energy and transport...
Exclusive-ECB Policymakers Told Ukraine War May Shave 0.3%-0.4% Off GDP
Date: February 25, 2022
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa PARIS (Reuters) -The European Central Bank’s chief economist Philip Lane has told fellow policymakers that the Ukraine conflict may reduce the euro zone’s economic output by 0.3%-0.4% this year, four people close to the matter told Reuters. This was the “middle scenario” presented by Lane at a Governing Council...
Russian Invasion of Ukraine to Dominate EU Finance Ministers’ Talks
Date: February 24, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will dominate EU finance ministers’ planned talks on Friday, officials said, as the EU weighs how much the war on its eastern borders will hit the economy of the 27-nation bloc this year. Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders around nearly all of the country’s perimeter on Thursday after Moscow...
HSBC Says Hong Kong Covid Clampdown May Hurt Ability to Hire, Keep Staff
Date: February 23, 2022
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – HSBC said Hong Kong’s strict curbs on travel and social interaction are hurting the economy and may impact the ability to hire and keep staff in the Asian financial hub, in one of the strongest comments yet by a global lender on the city’s tough measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. “The evolving Covid-19...