By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee (Reuters) – Gold prices dropped on Wednesday, hurt by a stronger U.S. dollar as investors focused on key inflation data from the world’s largest economy for cl[...]
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Israeli central bank holds key rate, cuts unlikely until 2025
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Bank of Israel kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday for the fifth-straight meeting, citing geopolitical uncertainty that has raised economic risks, alon[...]
Read moreInsurance, chemical stocks keep STOXX 600 at over one-month high
By Pranav Kashyap and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) -The benchmark European stock index rose to its highest since July on Wednesday, boosted by insurance and chemical stocks ahead of closely-watche[...]
Read moreUS clean energy jobs growth rate double that of overall jobs, report says
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country’s overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpasse[...]
Read moreUK’s finance watchdog launches probe into pure protection insurance sector
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday it would launch a market study into so-called pure protection insurance product sales, amid fears that[...]
Read moreBrazil’s central bank chief wants flexibility for next rate decision
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank has provided no guidance for its upcoming policy meeting because of its need for flexibility at this time as it tries to bring inflatio[...]
Read moreUS Treasury plays cat and mouse with debt sales :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury has a lot of debt to place in the next year, but its active management of the maturity profile shows why the oft-heralded U.S. debt “crisis[...]
Read moreBOJ’s Himino reiterates readiness to raise rates if economy on track
By Takahiko Wada and Makiko Yamazaki KOFU/TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Wednesday reiterated the central bank’s stance that it would continue to raise interest r[...]
Read moreUnemployment rate is now Fed’s undisputed lodestar: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech has turned Sept. 6 and Sept. 18 into the two most important dates for U.S. monetary policy in years, as events o[...]
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