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European shares fall, Italian stocks slide on political worries

(Reuters) – European shares fell on Thursday, hurt by rising bets of more aggressive rate hikes by t...

14th July, 2022

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Bank of Canada surprises with 100bp rate hike to tame inflation

By Julie Gordon and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada on Wednesday raised its main...

13th July, 2022

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Analysis-Euro-dollar parity leaves ECB facing costly choices

By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The euro’s tumble to parity against the...

13th July, 2022

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Euro falls below parity for the first time in 2 decades

LONDON (Reuters) -The euro dropped below parity against the dollar the first time in almost two deca...

13th July, 2022

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IMF chief warns natural gas disruptions could trigger recession in Europe

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The global economic outlook remains extremely uncertain, the head of...

13th July, 2022

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Euro falls below dollar parity for first time since 2002

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -The euro dropped below parity against the dollar on Wednesda...

13th July, 2022

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European shares slip ahead of U.S. inflation; investors focus on euro

By Susan Mathew (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Wednesday, as investors awaited data for U.S....

13th July, 2022

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China Q2 GDP growth seen dipping to 1% on COVID hit, 2022 growth at 4% – Reuters poll

By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth likely slowed sharply in the second quarter...

13th July, 2022

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Euro bounces after reaching brink of parity with US dollar

By Karen Brettell and Sujata Rao NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro rebounded on Tuesday after earlier sl...

12th July, 2022

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‘Fear has taken the wheel’: German investor morale nosedives in July

BERLIN (Reuters) -German investor sentiment plunged below levels at the outset of the coronavirus pa...

12th July, 2022

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ECB’s Nagel says bond spreads are fair until proven otherwise

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymaker Joachim Nagel raised the bar for an ECB inte...

12th July, 2022

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Polish central bank forecasts inflation peaking at 18.8% in Q1 2023

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will see inflation peak at 18.8% and economic growth fall to as low as 0.5...

12th July, 2022