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Britain’s 10-yr yields fall to record low as referendum nears

  Bloomberg The U.K.’s 10-year government bond yield dropped to a record before an auction of index-linked debt, the final sale before the nation’s referendum on European Union membership. The yield could fall further to 1 percent in the event that the U.K. votes to leave the world’s biggest single market on June 23, according to Daniela Russell, a portfolio ...

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Dutch have 10 bn reasons to fear UK’s exit from EU

  Bloomberg A U.K. vote to leave the European Union could cut gross domestic product of the Netherlands by €10 billion ($11.4 billion) by 2030 due to an increase in the cost of trade, having a “relatively severe effect” on the economy, the Dutch planning agency said. Assuming that trade also fosters innovation, Brexit-related costs could increase another 65 percent, ...

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Those Brexit job losses? Recruiters say they’ve already started

  Bloomberg Pro-EU forces have warned that if Britain votes to exit the union on June 23, the country could lose almost a million jobs. Recruiters say the damage has already begun. “Companies are pushing the pause button,” said Kit Bingham, a partner at executive search firm Odgers Berndtson. An Odgers poll last month found that a quarter of directors ...

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