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Sterling Firms Against Dollar After Strong Business Activity Data
Morning Bid: Jackson Hole to Open Under Trump's Shadow
Dollar Gains Before Key Powell Speech at Jackson Hole on Friday
Russian Central Bank Official Says Further Rate Cut This Year Is Not a Foregone Conclusion
Analysis-UK Inflation Heat Puts Bank of England Back in the Spotlight
Date: August 20, 2025
By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British inflation looks set to hit 4% next month, double the Bank of England's target and a level likely to add to nervousness at the central...
Consumer Stocks Rally Drives UK's FTSE 100 to Record Close
Date: August 20, 2025
By Ragini Mathur (Reuters) -Britain's FTSE 100 held steady on Wednesday as gains in consumer and healthcare sectors offset losses in energy and mining stocks, while investors assessed a hotter-than-...
Russia, Under War Spending Pressure, Set for More Austerity, Tax Hikes
Date: August 20, 2025
By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) -Moscow is preparing to raise taxes and cut spending as it tries to maintain high defence expenditure with Russia's economy creaking under the weight of financing...
Dollar Falls as Trump Calls on Fed's Cook to Resign
Date: August 20, 2025
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The dollar got off on the front foot on Wednesday following two days of gains as traders awaited the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole annual symposium later this week...
Trading Day: Tech It Down a Notch
Date: August 19, 2025
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist Wall Street slumped on Tuesday, dragged down by...
BoE to Cut Interest Rates Just Once More This Year, Held Back by Resilient Inflation, Growth: Reuters Poll
Date: August 19, 2025
By Anant Chandak and Shaloo Shrivastava BENGALURU (Reuters) -The Bank of England will cut interest rates by a quarter-point once more this year and then again in early 2026 as a resilient economy...