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Bank of England hikes rates by 50 bps as economy slows

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised its key interest rate to 2.25% from 1.75% on Thursday...

22nd September, 2022

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Fed delivers another big rate hike; Powell vows to ‘keep at it’

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed o...

22nd September, 2022

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Analysis-Europe says goodbye to negative rates – or just ‘au revoir’?

By Mark John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s decade-long experiment with negative i...

22nd September, 2022

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Czech central bank vice-gov unlikely to vote for rate cut  newspaper

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech National Bank Vice-Governor Eva Zamrazilova is not likely to vote for a rat...

22nd September, 2022

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Bank of England set for second hefty rate rise in a row

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks set to raise interest rates by at lea...

22nd September, 2022

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Dollar soars to two-decade high as Putin shakes FX market ahead of Fed

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar surged to a...

21st September, 2022

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Stocks recoup losses after Putin’s nuclear threat; Fed keeps dollar buoyant

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -Global equities shook off an early knock to risk appetite and reb...

21st September, 2022

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ECB’s Lagarde raises prospect of rate hikes beyond neutral level

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates to a level that rest...

20th September, 2022

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Stocks fall, yields rise as investors focus on Fed, other central bank meetings

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stocks were down sharply on Tuesday while the y...

20th September, 2022

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Oil prices drop in advance of expected Fed rate hike

By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices dipped on Tuesday, following other risk assets lower,...

20th September, 2022

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U.S. dollar gains ahead of Fed; Swedish crown falls after hike

By Alun John and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Tuesday, tr...

20th September, 2022

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Yen stems losses after report of BOJ rate check, hints on intervention

By Kevin Buckland and Alun John TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – The yen rose on Wednesday, moving off a 24-...

14th September, 2022