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Banking

Bank of Portugal cuts growth forecast for this year and next

By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -The Bank of Portugal on Tuesday lowered the economic growth ou...

8th October, 2024

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Investing

ECB will probably cut rates in Oct on risk of too low inflation: Villeroy

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will probably cut interest rates on Oct 17 as econom...

7th October, 2024

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Trading

Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Services PMIs due across Euro...

3rd October, 2024

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Investing

Asian shares retreat from 32-month top, Japan rallies as rate risk eases

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian shares retreated from a 32-month peak on Thursday as the sizzl...

3rd October, 2024

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Top Stories

ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to ease back to the European Central...

2nd October, 2024

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Finance

Bonds rally, dollar firms as traders ponder rate cuts

By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) –Government bonds rallied on Tuesday as euro zone inflation data boosted...

1st October, 2024

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Top Stories

Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts

LONDON (Reuters) -Major brokerages, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, now expect the European Ce...

1st October, 2024

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Trading

Dollar drops after inflation data, Yen rebounds on Ishiba win

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar weakened on Friday after a reading of U.S. infla...

27th September, 2024

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Investing

Stocks rise to records with Micron rally; oil prices slide

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -A widely followed global stock index and the S&P 500 hi...

26th September, 2024

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Trading

China stimulus pushes global shares to new peak, boosts commodities

By Ankur Banerjee and Sruthi Shankar SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit a record high on...

24th September, 2024

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Trading

Sterling at two-year peak versus euro after PMI data

(Reuters) – Sterling dipped against the dollar on Monday but touched a new two-year high versus the...

24th September, 2024

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Trading

Oil climbs on Middle East escalation fears, US Fed rate cut

By Gabrielle Ng and Emily Chow SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Monday, buoyed by concerns th...

23rd September, 2024