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Peru lifts key rate to 13-year high

  Bloomberg Peru raised interest rates to a 13-year high to tame soaring inflation that has triggered mass unrest in recent days. The central bank lifted its key rate half a percentage point to 4.5%, its ninth straight hike, in line with analyst forecasts. “The significant rise in international prices of energy and food since the second half of last ...

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SocGen to sell Rosbank to Russian billionaire

  Bloomberg Societe Generale agreed to sell its Rosbank PJSC unit to the investment firm of Russia’s richest man, taking a hit of about $3.3 billion to exit the heavily sanctioned nation. The bank signed an accord to sell its entire stake in Rosbank and its Russian insurance subsidiaries to Vladimir Potanin’s Interros Capital. Despite the financial hit, SocGen said ...

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World markets falling again with echoes of the 2018 rout

  Bloomberg The feel-good days for global markets at the end of March are firmly over. Everything from stocks to bonds is falling — even oil has pulled back from near records — in a concerted cross-asset selloff with echoes of the rate-spurred rout of October 2018. Blame it on a Federal Reserve intent on restricting policy to tamp down ...

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