By Ankika Biswas and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) – European shares ended higher on Friday as investors assessed mixed earnings from the region, while easing inflation in the United States bolster[...]
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January 27, 2023
Canada records C$3.55 billion budget deficit over first eight months of 2022/23
OTTAWA, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Canada recorded a C$3.55 billion ($2.67 billion) budget deficit for the first eight months of the 2022/23 fiscal year, partly due to higher debt charges, the finance m[...]
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Brazil’s central govt posts 54.1 billion reais surplus in 2022, first in 9 years
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central government reported its first primary budget surplus in nine years, driven by record revenues, but which does not pave the way for continued fiscal im[...]
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China domestic tourism picks up over Lunar New Year as COVID curbs end
BEIJING (Reuters) – Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year’s Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first[...]
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U.S. consumer moods brighten to kick of 2023, inflation views down
(Reuters) – U.S. consumers entered 2023 with the most optimism in nine months, buoyed by healthy incomes and easing inflation even as most worry a recession could trip up the economy this year.[...]
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Fed seen ending rate hikes by March as inflation slows
By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) -Federal Reserve policymakers are finally seeing some sustained progress in sapping high inflation, cementing their plan to raise interest rates by a quart[...]
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Optimism over China, peak bond yields draw flows into stocks -BofA
(Reuters) -Weekly inflows into stocks in the week to Wednesday were the largest in six weeks, data from BofA Global Research showed, as China’s reopening of its borders and expectations that bon[...]
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Brazil’s central bank to keep wary stance against govt flak: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank will keep a wary stance next week against strong criticism from recently elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, mainta[...]
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U.S. pending home sales post first gain in seven months in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes increased for the first time in seven months in December as mortgage rates declined, another hopeful sign that the embattled h[...]
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