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Should Fed resist opting for quick and easy again?

  Over the last 18 months or so, the quick and easy interpretation of inflation data has turned out to be incorrect. Will it be different going forward? Markets sure hope so. Federal Reserve officials seem more cautious, and rightly so. The markets’ latest narrative pivot is not the right one for the world’s most powerful central bank. When the ...

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China factory orders drop in dire sign for global outlook

  Bloomberg Investors wanting to gauge the health of global consumer sentiment should look no further than China’s factories right now. Makers of Christmas decorations to clothing and tents say orders from overseas customers are drying up, with some predicting the best they can aim for is flat demand versus last year, according to more than a dozen export managers ...

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Lufax plans Hong Kong listing to hedge US risk

  Bloomberg Fintech firm Lufax Holding Ltd is planning to go public in Hong Kong, the latest in a wave of New York-traded Chinese companies seeking alternative listings to hedge against the risk of being banned from US markets. The Ping An Insurance Group Co-backed company aims to file for a listing in Hong Kong as soon as the second ...

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