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Banks face Brexit bill of $66K per UK employee moved abroad

  BLOOMBERG The cost for banks wanting to move their U.K. staff abroad after Britain decided to leave the European Union is 50,000 pounds ($65,660) per employee, according to consulting firm Synechron Inc. Synechron’s analysis, which was published on Monday, included the cost of relocating staff, hiring and firing other employees and setting up new offices in cities that could ...

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Bank of Israel holds rate as home prices rise

  Bloomberg The Bank of Israel left its benchmark interest rate near zero, as growth slowed, home prices rose and exporters braced for the impact of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union — Israel’s largest trading partner. The decision to hold the rate at 0.1 percent was forecast by all 17 economists in a Bloomberg survey. The central ...

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Central Bank of Kenya pauses monetary easing

  Bloomberg The Central Bank of Kenya maintained its benchmark interest rate at 10.5 percent with an eye on accelerating inflation and concerns that Britain’s exit from the European Union may trigger capital flight. The decision by the monetary policy committee led by Governor Patrick Njoroge was anticipated by seven of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. One economist predicted a ...

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