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Image for Dollar index jumps after U.S. retail sales show surprise rebound
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Dollar index jumps after U.S. retail sales show surprise rebound

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar hit a near 3-week high against a bask...

16th September, 2021

Image for Asian stocks stumble as weak China data fan global growth worries
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Asian stocks stumble as weak China data fan global growth worries

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Wednesday as weak Chinese economic dat...

15th September, 2021

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Business

Norway business activity rises but bottlenecks emerge

OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian business sector activity has increased substantially during the past three...

15th September, 2021

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Finance

BoE aims for large but “lean” balance sheet when QE unwinds

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England expects to have a large but somewhat leaner...

14th September, 2021

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ECB ready to act if inflation goal is hit sooner, says Schnabel

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Inflation in the euro area will “in all likelihood” ease as soon as...

14th September, 2021

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U.S. dollar rises to two-week high as Fed taper view builds

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Iain Withers NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar climbed to a two-...

13th September, 2021

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Finance

U.S. consumers’ inflation expectations highest in 8 years, NY Fed says

By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – U.S. consumers’ expectations for how much inflation will c...

13th September, 2021

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Analysis-Investors betting on ‘stable’ choice of Powell renomination at Fed

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – A potential renomination of Jerome Powell at the helm of...

13th September, 2021

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Trading tantrum? Fed officials’ personal dealings stir controversy, call for change

By Jonnelle Marte, Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Media reports this week that tw...

13th September, 2021

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After the ‘bazooka’, Bank of Japan dismantles the work of its radical chief

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – After years of shock-and-awe stimulus, the Bank of Japan is...

13th September, 2021

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Japan’s wholesale inflation hovers near 13-yr high as material costs rise

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s wholesale inflation hovered near a 13-year hig...

13th September, 2021

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Banking

BoE policymakers split 4-4 on whether rate hike conditions were met – Bailey

LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England policymakers split evenly last month between those who felt...

9th September, 2021