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For central bankers, tighter financial conditions may be an ally

By Tommy Wilkes and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Slumping stocks and surging bond yields are r...

15th June, 2022

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ECB pledges new crisis tool to help indebted southern states

By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT/MILAN (Reuters) -The European Central Bank promised...

15th June, 2022

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Pound rebounds but headwinds blow ahead of BoE decision

LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling recovered from its lowest level against the dollar since March 2020 on We...

15th June, 2022

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Oil prices slip ahead of expected U.S. interest rate hike

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Wednesday on the back concerns over fu...

15th June, 2022

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Franklin Templeton’s Zahn says new ECB tool unlikely for now

LONDON (Reuters) – The ECB is unlikely to introduce a new tool just yet to address strain in euro ar...

15th June, 2022

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Pound reclaims $1.20 but headwinds keep blowing

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling recovered from its lowest level against the dollar since March 2020 on W...

15th June, 2022

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UK shares climb on boost from financial stocks, strong results

By Devik Jain (Reuters) -London’s main indexes rose on Wednesday as financial stocks gained and stro...

15th June, 2022

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Analysis-How it came to this: The Fed and White House’s slow inflation awakening

By Howard Schneider and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s top officials a...

15th June, 2022

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Weak pound and forceful Fed pressure Bank of England to act big

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -With Britain’s currency sinking and the U.S. Federal Reserve poised...

15th June, 2022

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FTSE 100 falls for six straight sessions on rising rate-hike bets

By Devik Jain and Amal S (Reuters) – UK’s FTSE 100 fell for a sixth straight session on Tuesday, as...

14th June, 2022

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Dollar edges higher as traders await Fed rate move

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar edged higher against a basket of currencies on T...

14th June, 2022

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Analysis – Weak pound and forceful Fed pressure Bank of England to act big

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – With Britain’s currency sinking and the U.S. Federal Reserve poised...

14th June, 2022