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Peru lifts key rate half-point to 5.5 percent

  Bloomberg Peru raised borrowing costs for an 11th straight month with a half percentage point interest rate hike to curb the fastest inflation in a quarter century, which triggered rioting in the recent months. The central bank increased its policy rate to 5.5% from 5%, in line with forecasts. The new rate is the highest since 2009. Central banks ...

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Euro traders signal skepticism over ECB’s rate-hike plans

  Bloomberg Even the prospect of an historic rate hike isn’t enough to bolster the euro, which is feeling the weight of risks from the region’s uneven economic recovery and the war in Ukraine. The common currency shrugged off the European Central Bank’s (ECB) most hawkish messaging in more than a decade and its planned reversal from an era of ...

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Cash, stocks attract billions as investors seek inflation havens

Bloomberg Investors are putting billions of dollars into cash and stock funds as they seek protection from surging inflation. Cash saw the biggest inflows in six weeks at about $54 billion, while exchange-traded funds led additions of about $12 billion into equities in the week through June 8, according to Bank of America Corp (BofA) note, which cited EPFR Global ...

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