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No-deal Brexit risk pushes pound to lowest since 2017

Bloomberg The pound and gilt yields slid to multi-year lows as UK PM Boris Johnson stepped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit with just about three months left until the nation exits the European Union. Sterling tumbled the most among the Group-of-10 currencies as various members of Johnson’s top team took a tough stance. UK Chancellor Sajid Javid said he ...

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Home of ultra-low rates has warning for world

Bloomberg As the world sinks into an era of ever-lower interest rates and a chasm of negative-yielding bonds, Japan’s experience offers investors an invaluable precedent. It’s two decades since the nation pioneered zero rates and more than six years into central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda’s record stimulus. The money managers who’ve witnessed it all provide unique insights into strategies to ...

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‘Fed probably will do very little to lower rates’

Bloomberg President Donald Trump attacked the Federal Reserve in a tweet on Monday, saying the US central bank “probably will do very little” to counteract actions by Europe and China to ease monetary policy. Fed officials are widely expected to lower interest rates by a quarter-percentage point when they meet on Tuesday and on Wednesday in Washington. Trump has been ...

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