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Sterling gains, on track to snap 3-week losing streak

LONDON (Reuters) – The pound edged higher on Monday, breaking a three-week losing streak versus the...

20th June, 2022

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Belarus says it is resuming verification activities under arms control treaties

LONDON (Reuters) – Belarus’ defence ministry said on Monday that the country was resuming verificati...

20th June, 2022

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Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president

By Nelson Bocanegra, Oliver Griffin and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA/BUCARAMANGA (Reuters) – Leftist Gustavo...

20th June, 2022

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Analysis-Nerve-racking week leaves bond investors calling for fast rate hikes

By Davide Barbuscia and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – A series of surprise actions by some of t...

20th June, 2022

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Global markets quake as central banks grow more hawkish

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Tom Westbrook and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK (Reuters) – Expectations for how d...

17th June, 2022

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Yen tanks as BOJ sticks to stimulus, caps volatile week for FX

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Japanese yen tumbled against the dollar on Friday after the...

17th June, 2022

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Oil slumps 5% on recession worries, strong U.S. dollar

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices tumbled about 5% on Friday to four-week low, on wo...

17th June, 2022

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Putin asserts strong, sovereign Russia against sanctions ‘blitzkrieg’

(Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin asserted Russia’s strength and resilience on Friday against a We...

17th June, 2022

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BNP Paribas approached Dutch state to buy ABN, source says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French lender BNP Paribas signalled to the Dutch government an interest in taki...

17th June, 2022

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Central banks opt for shock and awe to tame inflation (bar one)

LONDON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve this week delivered its biggest interest rate rise in over a q...

17th June, 2022

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Chances of recession in Britain in next two years have increased, says JPM

(Reuters) – Chances of Britain heading into a recession over the next year or two have increased ami...

17th June, 2022

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Bank of England isn’t committed to being ‘forceful’, Pill says

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England’s new message that it may have to act “force...

17th June, 2022