UK consumer confidence matches almost 3-year high in August
(Reuters) – British consumer confidence held at an almost three-year high in August, bolstered by improving sentiment around personal finances…
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Canada’s rail shutdown could hit GDP hard, kill jobs if protracted
By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s economy could shrink by billions of dollars this year if a rail stoppage…
Yields slip back as markets digest upbeat economic data
By Alden Bentley NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury yields eased on Friday, partly reversing the previous day’s big gains as…
Fed’s Goolsbee: Keeping policy tight for too long will hurt US jobs
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Sunday that U.S. credit conditions are tight and…
Short bets in five-year Treasury futures largest on record -CFTC data
(Reuters) – Speculators raised their net short bets on five-year Treasuries to the largest on record in the latest week,…
World Bank prices $225 million bond linked to Amazon reforestation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The World Bank issued a $225 million, principal-protected nine-year bond linked to reforestation in the Amazon,…
Yellen says G7 can reach deal on $50 billion Ukraine loan by October
By David Lawder RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Friday that “things look…
Ukraine reaches preliminary deal with bondholder group on $20-billion debt restructure
By Karin Strohecker and Libby George LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday it had reached an agreement in principle with…
Take Five: Cancel Summer?
LONDON (Reuters) – Pressure on Joe Biden to step out of the U.S. presidential election race, mounting expectations of a…
Colombia central bank cuts benchmark interest rate to 11.25%
By Nelson Bocanegra and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central bank cut the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis…