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After winning pensions concession, France's Socialists eye billionaire tax in budget

PARIS (Reuters) -France's Socialist Party would look to introduce a so-called Zucman wealth tax as p...

15th October, 2025

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Analysis-China to keep its 'all about production' economic playbook as rivalry with US intensifies

SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Communist Party meets this month to map a five-year vision that...

15th October, 2025

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Italy's tenacious stance on gold pays off as prices soar

By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) -Italy, whose sovereign assets from bonds to banks have so often b...

15th October, 2025

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IMF chief says lack of retaliation against Trump tariffs aiding global growth

By Karin Strohecker and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Decisions by most countries to not retali...

14th October, 2025

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IMF downgrades Russia's 2025 GDP growth forecast to 0.6%

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund has downgraded Russia's gross domestic product (GD...

14th October, 2025

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Trump threatens tariffs on Spain over refusal to boost NATO defense spending

By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened...

14th October, 2025

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IMF says Bank of England should be 'very cautious' on future rate cuts

By David Milliken WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund nudged up its growth forecas...

14th October, 2025

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European growth to hold up but at an increasing fiscal cost, IMF says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone economic growth will hold up despite a drag from U.S. tariffs but thi...

14th October, 2025

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AI investment boom may lead to bust, but not likely systemic crisis, IMF chief economist says

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. artificial intelligence investment boom may be follow...

14th October, 2025

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IMF lifts growth outlook on more benign tariffs as revived US-China trade war looms

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund edged up its 2025 global growt...

14th October, 2025

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Madagascar's military takes power, fleeing president impeached

By Giulia Paravicini ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina said on Tuesday...

14th October, 2025

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German investor morale rises less than expected in October, ZEW survey shows

By Maria Martinez (Reuters) -German investor morale rose less than expected in October as a long-awa...

14th October, 2025