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Deutsche Bank falls on capital risk from settlements

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG extended losses as analysts signaled that the German lender’s capital position will be eroded by mounting legal costs such as charges for a U.S. penalty tied to faulty securities. The shares fell as much as 2.6 percent in Frankfurt trading and were 0.9 percent lower as of 11:44 a.m., pushing the loss for this year ...

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Currencies to politics bedevil African central banks’ task

  Bloomberg Africa’s major economies are taking diverging approaches to monetary policy as they struggle to cope with volatile currencies, slumping growth and political meddling. Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa are set to announce interest-rate decisions this week in an environment marked by accelerating price growth and an economic slump in some countries and attempts by politicians to prescribe ...

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ECB must tighten screws as soon as justified, says Bundesbank chief

  Frankfurt / AFP The European Central Bank (ECB) must not allow low interest rates and monetary stimulus to last indefinitely, the head of Germany’s Bundesbank (central bank) said on Monday. “Under no circumstances can interest rates remain so low for longer than is absolutely necessary with regard to price stability,” Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann told a group of European ...

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