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China plans to extend yuan’s trading hours

Bloomberg China plans to extend the yuan’s trading hours as it seeks to increase global investor participation in onshore currency trading as part of its internationalisation push. Regulators led by the People’s Bank of China have told some banks to prepare for an extension of onshore yuan trading hours, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to ...

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Credit Suisse to lean on wealth unit, tech

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG vowed to boost the business with rich clients and cut costs through simplifying technology as it seeks to emerge from two years of scandal and losses. The bank outlined plans to grow the wealth unit by focusing on priority markets such as Hong Kong and Singapore, in a presentation for an “investor deep dive” ...

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ECB’s pivot towards rate hikes feeds fears of new bond crisis

  Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) policy makers gather on a Portuguese hillside on Monday with the sinking feeling that their rush to tackle the inflation shock they failed to forecast risks both a recession and echoes of the euro area’s sovereign debt crisis. As President Christine Lagarde and colleagues meet in the resort of Sintra for their version of ...

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Central banks have narrow path to soft landing: BIS chief

Bloomberg There’s a narrow path for the world’s central banks to stem rising inflation without tipping their economies into a recession, according to the head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). “There is a possibility that it can be pulled off without a major impact — with an impact on GDP but not going all the way to a ...

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China GDP target ‘difficult’ to achieve, says PBOC adviser

  Bloomberg Effects related to the Covid-19 pandemic in recent months will make it challenging for China to meet its 5.5% annual growth target, a central bank adviser said, adding that pro-economy policies including special bond issuance could be on the way. China’s economy could see a strong rebound in the second half, “but difficulties remain for the 5.5% target,” ...

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Wells Fargo unveils new credit card, ‘Autograph’

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. is launching another credit card, the latest in third-biggest US lender’s push to build out new offerings under Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf. The Wells Fargo Autograph card is the first in a group of rewards cards the firm plans to introduce, according to a statement on Monday. The card, which launches throughout the ...

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Mexico to speed pace of interest rate hikes

  Bloomberg Mexico’s central bank is expected to speed the pace of interest rate increases, hiking borrowing costs by the most in recent times, with inflation stuck near a two-decade high. Banco de Mexico, known as Banxico, is seen raising its key interest rate by 75 basis points to 7.75%, the highest in almost three years, according to all 27 ...

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Baht’s outlook turns brighter

  Bloomberg The slump that’s taken the baht to its weakest in more than five years may be near an end as Thailand entices back tourists and the central bank edges towards hiking rates. The currency’s 6% drop versus the dollar this quarter — its worst three-month performance since Covid-19 devastated sentiment in early 2020 — has coincided with the ...

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Zimbabwe plans triple-digit rate hike to tame inflation

Bloomberg Zimbabwe’s central bank plans to more than double the benchmark interest rate — already the highest in the world — to 190%, a member of its monetary policymaking committee (MPC) said, as it seeks to put a brake on soaring inflation. Persistence Gwanyanya, from the bank’s MPC, said the intention was to achieve a positive real interest rate to ...

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Recession fears sink Canadian banks into 20% drop from high

  Bloomberg Canadian banks fall about 20% from their record high set in early February as recession fears send investors fleeing. The S&P/TSX Commercial Banks Index, which tracks the country’s eight largest lenders, dropped, adding to another day of losses after inflation in Canada surged to a four-decade high and US data pointed to rising unemployment and slumping manufacturing and ...

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