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  Bloomberg Currencies, stocks and bonds plunged across Africa after the UK’s vote to leave the European Union triggered a slump in oil and other commodities and sent investors scurrying for safe assets. South Africa’s benchmark share index fell the most since May 2010 to a third weekly decline, led by stocks with listings in London and by diversified mining ...

  Bloomberg Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will almost certainly have repercussions for the Federal Reserve — and those could play out over days or months. The severity of the fallout will become clear over three time horizons. The Fed said it’s ready to act with its global central bank partners to shore up liquidity in markets, if ...

  Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank has reduced its public speaking as it battles the opposing forces of a housing boom and weak inflation. The Reserve Bank has more than halved the number of on-the-record speeches it gives a year, from 18 in 2014 to eight last year and four so far in 2016. Of those, Governor Graeme Wheeler gave ...

  Bloomberg The USA Federal Reserve will raise interest rates as many as six times over the next 18 months and the Bank of Canada should be getting ready with increases of its own, Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Economist Jean-Francois Perrault said. While both central banks will be cautious about snuffing out recoveries, the USA job market will have ...

  Bloomberg Norway’s central bank left its benchmark rate unchanged at a record low amid signs the economy of western Europe’s biggest oil producer will narrowly avoid a recession thanks to record fiscal and monetary stimulus. The rate was left at 0.50 percent, as forecast by 14 of 15 analysts surveyed. The bank raised its outlook for rates looking ahead, ...

  Bloomberg Three of Australia’s largest banks face maximum potential penalties of A$231 million (US$173 million) if they lose civil suits related to alleged rigging of an interest rate benchmark, a fraction of their combined first-half profits of A$10 billion. The Australian securities regulator has filed separate legal actions against Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, National Australia Bank ...

  Bloomberg Tanzania’s central bank should rally to the defense of the shilling using means at its disposal, including stopping ‘dollarization’ of the economy, President John Magufuli said. The currency of the natural gas-producing country has weakened almost 2 percent against the dollar this year, extending depreciation of 19 percent in 2015. Tanzania held US$3.9 billion of gross international reserves ...

  Bloomberg Three weeks ago, Federal Reserve officials sounded like they needed a reason not to hike interest rates soon. Now, they’re in search of a reason to consider any change in policy. “Unless something unexpectedly positive happens, they’re likely on hold for the next couple of meetings,” said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust Corp in Chicago. Fed ...

  Bloomberg China’s money-market rate jumped by the most in almost three months as injections of funds by the central bank were overwhelmed by quarter-end demand. The 14-day repurchase rate, a gauge of interbank funding availability, climbed 13 basis points to 2.92 percent. in Shanghai, the most since March 31, according to National Interbank Funding Center prices. The benchmark seven-day ...

  Bloomberg Entrepreneurs who’ve flocked to London in recent years to upend the financial world with technology are dreading one potential disruption they can’t control: Britain leaving the European Union. A decision to quit the 28-nation bloc in Thursday’s referendum would threaten trade and regulatory benefits that have made London a hub for financial startups, as well as a center ...