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EU set to take action as UK plans to override Brexit deal

Bloomberg The UK is making last-minute tweaks to planned legislation to override a portion of its Brexit deal, as the European Union prepares to relaunch legal proceedings as part of the bloc’s response to the move. The EU has drawn up a draft statement to follow a UK move, emphasizing a calm response and reiterating the need to return to ...

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Credit Suisse taps brakes on China growth, delays local bank

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is tapping the brakes on its China expansion, postponing its biggest mainland project, in a sign that weakness in Asia’s largest economy is prompting global banks to temper ambitious growth plans. The Zurich-based lender has delayed the targeted launch of its locally incorporated bank by a year to 2024, the second postponement since the ...

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Wells Fargo declines on report of probe into fake interviews

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co shares declined after a report that the bank is the target of a criminal investigation into whether it violated federal law by conducting fake job interviews of minority candidates to satisfy in-house diversity guidelines. The San Francisco-based firm is being investigated by the civil-rights unit of the Manhattan US attorney’s office, the New York ...

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UK’s biggest lenders are no longer too big to fail, says BOE

  Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) has concluded that emergency planning at the UK’s biggest banks means none should require a public bailout in event of a crisis. The central bank’s long-awaited response to the self-assessments of eight lenders, including HSBC Holdings Plc and Barclays Plc, found that their internal systems should avert the kind of state intervention needed ...

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BOJ to stand pat unless yen breaches 140: Economists

Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to hold firm next week with expectations of policy adjustments this year weakening among economists unless the yen breaches the 140 mark against the dollar. All but one of 45 analysts said the bank will leave its yield curve control program and asset purchases untouched at the conclusion of a two-day meeting ...

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Peru lifts key rate half-point to 5.5 percent

  Bloomberg Peru raised borrowing costs for an 11th straight month with a half percentage point interest rate hike to curb the fastest inflation in a quarter century, which triggered rioting in the recent months. The central bank increased its policy rate to 5.5% from 5%, in line with forecasts. The new rate is the highest since 2009. Central banks ...

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Euro traders signal skepticism over ECB’s rate-hike plans

  Bloomberg Even the prospect of an historic rate hike isn’t enough to bolster the euro, which is feeling the weight of risks from the region’s uneven economic recovery and the war in Ukraine. The common currency shrugged off the European Central Bank’s (ECB) most hawkish messaging in more than a decade and its planned reversal from an era of ...

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Cash, stocks attract billions as investors seek inflation havens

Bloomberg Investors are putting billions of dollars into cash and stock funds as they seek protection from surging inflation. Cash saw the biggest inflows in six weeks at about $54 billion, while exchange-traded funds led additions of about $12 billion into equities in the week through June 8, according to Bank of America Corp (BofA) note, which cited EPFR Global ...

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China markets spring back into action as Covid lockdowns ease

  Bloomberg Financial markets across China are buzzing with activity as easing Covid lockdowns boost trading. Yuan-trading volumes in the onshore market bounced off two-year lows while stock turnover topped the key $149 billion mark for two straight sessions this week. That’s after Shanghai officially reopened following a two-month lockdown and Beijing further loosened Covid-19 curbs, spurring bets of an ...

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UAE sends humanitarian aid aircraft to South Africa

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE on Thursday sent an aid aircraft carrying 50 metric tonnes of food supplies to Durban city in South Africa to support those affected by floods on the eastern coast, which resulted in significant losses to life and property. This aid comes within the UAE’s efforts to provide relief to other countries. Mahash Saeed ...

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