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Lost decade lingers as emerging-market stocks trail US peers

Bloomberg The beginning of the end of cheap money was heralded as the moment emerging-market stocks would reverse a decade spent in the shadow of their developed-nation peers. It’s turning out to be anything but. After a three-week rally in October that briefly raised hopes of a comeback, the benchmark gauge for the group has sunk back, reaching a 20-year …

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China records $84.54bn trade surplus in October

Bloomberg China posted a record monthly trade surplus in October as exports surged despite global supply-chain disruptions. Exports rise 27.1% in dollar terms last month from a year earlier to $300.2 billion, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Sunday. That was the 13th straight month of double digit growth, and exceeded economists’ expectations of a 22.8% gain. …

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RBA sees first rate increase in 2024 as wage growth sluggish

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) struck an upbeat note on the economy, while maintaining that faster wages growth and inflation will take some time and the first interest-rate increase is unlikely before 2024. The economy will expand 3% this year, despite a likely sharp contraction in the third quarter due to virus lockdowns, and then accelerate to 5.5% …

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