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Explainer: What would Japan’s currency intervention to combat a weak yen look like?

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government and the central bank are...

10th June, 2022

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Czech inflation hits 16%, raising bets of big June rate hike

By Jason Hovet (Reuters) – Czech headline inflation soared to 16% in May, above expectations, to hit...

10th June, 2022

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Rates must rise but ECB will fight fragmentation: policymakers

PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank needs to take “resolute” action to tame inflati...

10th June, 2022

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Take Five: Give me an FOMC, BOE, BOJ and SNB

It’s a central-bank heavy week ahead, with the U.S. Federal Reserve expected to deliver its second s...

10th June, 2022

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ECB sowing messy ‘some of what it takes’ signal: Mike Dolan

By Mike Dolan PARIS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s ‘whatever it takes’ commitment to bind t...

10th June, 2022

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Dollar gains ahead of inflation data, euro falls after ECB

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar index rose for a second straight day on Thursda...

9th June, 2022

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Central banks double down in fight against ‘galloping’ inflation

LONDON (Reuters) – Major central banks are racing to ditch post-pandemic stimulus and picking up the...

9th June, 2022

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Instant view: ECB ends bond buys, signals rate hikes; yields rise

LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank confirmed on Thursday it will end a long-running bond b...

9th June, 2022

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ECB ends bond buys, signal July, Sept rate hikes

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank confirmed on Thursday it will end a long-running bon...

9th June, 2022

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ECB raises inflation, cuts growth forecasts

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank raised its inflation projections once again on Thurs...

9th June, 2022

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A Fed soft landing for jobs means something else has to crack; so far it hasn’t

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The healthy finances of U.S. banks, companies and househo...

9th June, 2022

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Pound inches down vs dollar, euro before ECB rate decision

By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound softened versus the U.S. dollar and the euro on...

9th June, 2022