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Will the mighty dollar become a problem?

By Prof Nick Sargen, Darden School of Business At a time when both U.S. stocks and bonds have sold o...

20th June, 2022

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Euro rises with focus on ECB, dollar retreats

By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The euro rose on Monday as markets focused on the European Centra...

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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UK’s Sunak hardens attitude to BoE’s Bailey as inflation roars

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak has toughened his language tow...

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

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Stocks eye steepest slide since 2020 as central bankers roil markets

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks headed for their worst week since markets’ pandemic...

17th June, 2022

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ECB’s Knot says several 50 bps rate hikes possible if inflation worsens

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot told Dutch radio broadcaster BNR on...

17th June, 2022