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  Bloomberg The Bank of Korea (BOK) doubled the margin of its latest rate increase and promised more hikes to come, as it stepped up its battle against inflation now running at a 23-year high. The central bank joined a global wave of larger rate increases by pushing up its seven-day repurchase rate by a half-percentage point to 2.25% as ...

  Bloomberg Argentina’s central bank is in talks with private lenders about adding a put option to its local bonds that would compel the monetary authority to buy back the notes if prices fall too far. Technical staff from private banks met with the central bank’s general manager, Agustin Torcassi, to discuss the possibility, according to people with direct knowledge ...

  Bloomberg The money manager behind a Russia-focused ETF that collapsed after the country invaded Ukraine is warning that bank fees are “significantly eroding” what little of the fund’s value remains. VanEck said Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of New York Mellon are charging fees on Russian depository receipts that its Russia ETF (ticker RSX) primarily holds, ...

  Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co reported credit costs of $1.1 billion, with Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon describing mounting economic uncertainty even as he emphasized the bank is prepared for “whatever happens.” The $1.1 billion in provisions for credit losses included a $428 million build in reserves for loans that go sour and $657 million in net charge-offs, the ...

  Bloomberg Liquidity in China’s interbank market is more than “reasonably ample,” a senior central bank official said, an indication that further interest rate cuts are unlikely. The 7-day reverse repurchase rate is around 1.6%, lower than the cost of short-term policy loans the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) provides via its daily open market operations, Zou Lan, the head ...

Bloomberg US equity-index futures edged up and the dollar’s surge stalled at the end of a week in which markets have been whipsawed by shifting expectations for monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve and worries over global economic growth. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 contracts signalled a higher open for US stocks after Wall Street closed with a small drop ...

Bloomberg Investors in China’s tech shares just got another reminder that regulatory scrutiny into the sector is unlikely to go away anytime soon despite a concerted effort by authorities to shore up a flagging economy. On Friday, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s stock tumbled 6% on a report that company executives had been questioned in relation to the country’s largest known ...

  Bloomberg Relieving poor countries of their debt burdens and creating innovative financial instruments could help free up more than $400 billion to help people suffering the most from warming temperatures, according to a new study. Immediate debt relief would unlock about $105 billion that could be directed toward mitigating climate change and preparing developing nations for its effects, the ...

  Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc fell short of profit expectations in the second quarter and said high operating costs will persist through the rest of the year, weighing on a possible rebound as carriers try to capitalise on continued strong travel demand. So-called unit costs will climb as Delta extends constraints on its flying capacity for the remainder of ...

Bloomberg Scandinavian carrier SAS AB has warned that emergency funding related to a bankruptcy process in the US is at risk from a pilots strike that entered its 11th day on Thursday. The airline, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, remains in talks with potential lenders to obtain debtor-in-possession financing for as much as $700 million as part of ...