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Spain outperforms euro area peers, highlighting ECB’s challenge

Bloomberg Spanish services and manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in two months, outpacing the country’s euro-area peers in a challenge for the European Central Bank. The Spain Markit Composite PMI index jumped to 55.1 in March, beating the median economist estimate in a Bloomberg survey calling for an increase to 54.2. The Spanish data contrasts with sluggish growth in ...

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Corbyn asks Cameron to halt tax evasion in UK territories

Bloomberg U.K. opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called on PM David Cameron to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance in British overseas territories following the release of documents detailing offshore accounts held by some of the world’s wealthiest people. Reports on Sunday based on 11.5 million leaked documents from a Panama law firm, Mossack Fonseca, suggested politicians and business figures ...

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Lira’s volatility sinks as demand for Turkish assets rises luring traders

Bloomberg For option traders, the lira is headed for a period of calm. Contracts that measure expected swings in the currency over the next month retreated the most in emerging-market in 2016 to the lowest level since December 2014, a sign of growing confidence in Turkey’s economy. The drop is a boost for carry traders, who buy higher yielding assets ...

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