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Draghi’s drama-free Jackson Hole reaffirms slow QE exit

Bloomberg Mario Draghi’s message in Jackson Hole recently may not have been dramatic as three years ago but was clear nonetheless: the European Central Bank will go extremely slow about removing its monetary stimulus. While the ECB president startled investors in 2014 by laying the groundwork for quantitative easing, his published remarks at the Federal Reserve symposium in Wyoming included ...

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BOJ’s Kuroda vows to maintain monetary policy

Bloomberg Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the recent pace of growth in the world’s third-largest economy is probably unsustainable and pledged to continue with very accommodative monetary policy “for some time” because the BOJ is far from inflation target. “I think 4 percent growth is excellent but we don’t think 4 percent growth can be sustained. Around 2 ...

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RBC’s gains in Canadian banking bode well for domestic peers

Bloomberg Royal Bank of Canada is taking care of business at home. Royal Bank, the first Canadian lender to report fiscal third-quarter results, saw a jump in profit from its domestic banking operations amid signs that the nation’s economy is accelerating. An improving outlook prompted Canada’s central bank to raise interest rates last month, and economists predict at least one ...

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