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Sweden’s housing slump enters second year with no end in sight

BLOOMBERG Swedish home prices have yet to hit a bottom as one of the world’s most severe housing routs is about to enter its second year. Soaring consumer prices and a string of interest-rate increases have dealt a heavy blow to the Swedish economy, which is particularly sensitive to rising borrowing costs. The country’s households have some of the highest ...

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Tesla investor day disappoints with little detail on new models

BLOOMBERG Elon Musk’s latest master plan for Tesla Inc fell flat as the electric-car maker shared scant details about next-generation models that will underpin its next phase of growth. The almost four-hour presentation was long on calculations of what the sustainable energy transition will require, along with boasts about manufacturing and engineering efficiencies. But Musk and the executives who joined ...

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Stocks decline as market absorbs bets on rising rates

BLOOMBERG Stock markets worldwide extended losses on Thursday, as US 10-year Treasury bonds topped 4% for the first time since November in a sign that the Federal Reserve’s warnings of higher-for-longer interest rates are finally sinking in. Europe’s Stoxx 600 equity index retreated 0.5%, having fallen to three-week lows as hotter-than-forecast German inflation data pushed money markets to bet on ...

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