[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock markets mostly retreated on Wednesday as a record number of new coronavirus infections in parts of Europe led investors to shift away from…
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UK wage subsidy scheme costing 8 billion pounds a month – Sunak
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during a daily news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April…
Pound at 5-month high as BoE signals sub-zero rates not imminent
[ad_1] * Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Sterling strengthened to a new five-month high against…
Lebanese central bank governor charged with breach of trust
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during a news conference at Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Central…
Europe’s bond boom may stem investment bank exodus from sovereign debt auctions
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The surge in government borrowing during the COVID-19 crisis and boost in bond trading may stem investment banks’ gradual exodus from the less profitable business of…
RPT-Switzerland to meet U.S. criteria for currency manipulator label, sources say
[ad_1] (Repeats with no changes) ZURICH, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Switzerland will likely meet the criteria for the country to be identified as a currency manipulator by the United States…
Swiss National Bank to stay loyal to ultra-loose policy – Reuters poll
[ad_1] ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank will hold firm to its expansive stance and negative 0.75% interest rate when it meets to review monetary policy on Thursday, a…
Column: Lending to Italy for a century
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – If ultra-long 50-year bonds are going like hot cakes in Europe, the temptation to double up maturities and lock in the lowest borrowing rates in history…