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Oil up 2% as dollar weakens on small US Fed rate hike

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose about 2% to a one-week high on Wednesday as th...

22nd March, 2023

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Jittery markets attempt risk-on rally while waiting for Powell

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee With about 12 hours still...

22nd March, 2023

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Global shares jump but bank ‘whack-a-mole’ not over

By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global shares jumped on Tuesday after the rescue of Credit Suis...

21st March, 2023

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Dollar pauses for breath as Fed swings into focus

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar steadied in a holiday-thinned Asia session on Tuesday, t...

21st March, 2023

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Sterling rises as receding bank sector worries lift sentiment

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling rose against the dollar on Friday, after a series of lifelines for strug...

17th March, 2023

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Euro zone inflation eases in Feb but core prices pick up

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation eased a touch in February but underlying price growth cont...

17th March, 2023

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ECB’s Villeroy: rate hike signals strong confidence in European banks

PARIS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s decision to raise interest rates by half a point on Th...

17th March, 2023

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Analysis-Investors stick to bets on early end to ECB hikes as uncertainty grows

By Yoruk Bahceli and Naomi Rovnick AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Investors held tight to bets that banking j...

16th March, 2023

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Instant View: ECB sticks with big rate hike even as bank fears roil markets

(Reuters) – The European Central Bank pushed through another big increase in interest rates on Thurs...

16th March, 2023

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Big ECB hike adds fuel to the banking sector fire

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone bank shares hit a ten-week low on Thursday after the Eur...

16th March, 2023

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Barclays: ECB more likely to hike rates by 25 bps rather than 50 bps or no hike

LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is more likely to raise interest rates by a modest 25 b...

16th March, 2023

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French inflation revised upwards in February to 7.3% – final figures

PARIS (Reuters) – French annual inflation rose to a revised 7.3% in February from 7.0% in January, p...

15th March, 2023