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Asia shares find relief in tech resilience, oil off peak
11+ hour, 4+ min ago (686+ words) SYDNEY, May 1 (Reuters) " Asian share markets rebounded in relief on Friday as oil prices came off the boil and upbeat company earnings pulled investors into tech stocks, while Japan's first yen-buying intervention in two years steadied the battered currency. Apple…...
Chile's central bank holds benchmark rate, warns of risk from Middle East war
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (138+ words) SANTIAGO, April 28 (Reuters) - Chile's central bank on "Tuesday held "its benchmark interest rate at 4. 5% in "a "unanimous decision, "in line "with expectations and marking its third consecutive decision "to maintain the rate. In "a "statement, Chile's. .. Chile's central bank holds…...
Brazil creates more formal jobs than expected in March
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (113+ words) BRASILIA, April 29 (Reuters) " Brazil's economy created a net 228, 208 "formal jobs in "March, data from the Labor Ministry showed on Wednesday, more than "the "150, 000 "expected by economists "in a Reuters poll. " The net figure accounts for 2, 526, 660 "jobs opened and 2, 298, 452 closed during…...
European shares drop on Mideast worries; ECB, Bo E in focus
22+ hour, 49+ min ago (352+ words) April 30 (Reuters) " European shares edged lower on Thursday while oil prices climbed, following a report that the U. S. was considering fresh military action against Iran, while investors "braced for decisions from the European Central Bank and the "Bank of England. The…...
Kenya's economy grew 4. 6% in 2025, stats office says
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (122+ words) NAIROBI, April 29 (Reuters) - Kenya's economy "grew "4. 6% in 2025, compared with 4. 7% "growth "a "year earlier, "the statistics office said on Wednesday. The "economy grew 4. 0% "year-on-year "in the "fourth quarter "of 2025, compared "with revised grow. .. Kenya's economy grew 4. 6% in 2025, stats office says NAIROBI,…...
Bank of England set to hold rates as Iran war clouds outlook
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (615+ words) LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) " The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday as it awaits the economic fallout from the Iran war and investors will be on alert for any suggestions that higher borrowing costs…...
Powell's tenure as Fed chief, bookended by Trump, draws to a close
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (523+ words) WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) " On a chilly spring day in 2017, Jerome Powell made a six-hour round trip by car through heavy mountain fog from Washington to West Virginia University for an evening talk with students about Federal Reserve history and the…...
Fed likely to hold rates steady at what may be last meeting of Powell era
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (421+ words) WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) " The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday as officials debate whether to flag risks of rising inflation in a policy statement issued after what may be Jerome Powell's final meeting as head…...
New Zealand central banker says Q1 core inflation was stable within target band
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (41+ words) WELLINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - New Zealand's top central banker on Wednesday said that measures of core inflation in the "first quarter had remained stable within its target band of 1% to 3%, adding that it remained focused on balancing inflation co. .....
Australia Q1 consumer prices jump as Mideast war drives up fuel costs
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (391+ words) SYDNEY, April 29 (Reuters) " Australian consumer prices surged in the first quarter as war in the Middle East drove up energy costs, while core inflation was again uncomfortably high for policymakers, keeping pressure on "for a rate hike next week. The…...