SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s top government research body has cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 1.5% from its earlier view of 1.8%, saying a deeper and longer export slu[...]
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May 11, 2023
China and US debt woes may dominate G7 finance chiefs’ talks
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – China will be the elephant in the room at this week’s meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders, who will seek to diversify sup[...]
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BOJ debated progress in hitting price goal at Ueda’s debut meeting
By Leika Kihara (Reuters) -Bank of Japan policymakers debated the country’s progress towards achieving their inflation target and the pace at which they could roll back stimulus at new governor[...]
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Biden warns of recession unless Republicans back his debt ceiling plan
By Nandita Bose VALHALLA, N.Y. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden piled pressure on Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to move quickly to raise the country’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling or risk[...]
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Cromwell’s rule and the global economic outlook: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) -“Think it possible you may be mistaken”, England’s leader Oliver Cromwell demanded in a public letter to the Church of Scotland ahead of the battle of Dunbar in 16[...]
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