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Rate hike likely in coming months: Yellen

  Bloomberg Treasury 10-year futures contracts fell by the most in more than one week after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that improvement in the US economy would warrant raising interest rates in the coming months. Ten-year Treasury futures contracts for September delivery slid 15/32, or $4.69 per $1,000 face amount, to 129 1/4 in New York, based on ...

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Chinese bank divulges yuan’s rate mechanism

  Bloomberg A Chinese state-run bank has revealed the inner workings of the yuan’s reference rate mechanism, including details on the lenders that provide prices as well as how the system was tweaked following market turmoil in January. The 14 contributors, which must consider the previous day’s yuan closing price, have to take into account movements in baskets of currencies ...

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Caution sounded over Russian central bank’s next move

  Bloomberg Even after almost a year of unchanged rates, caution is still a virtue for economists gauging the Russian central bank’s next move. All but two of the 25 economists surveyed by Bloomberg agreed with the International Monetary Fund’s advice to keep the pace of future easing gradual. The rest said they concur with a call by the head ...

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