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Crypto World Crosses Fingers in Hopes Contagion Has Run Course
Bitcoin climbed almost 8% in the final three days of the work week, while Ether surged 20%. Neither of the two dominant tokens has set a new low point in this bear market for almost a month.
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Surprise Tightening in Asia Ups Pressure on Dovish Central Banks
This month, Thailand's baht is the worst-performing currency in the world despite keeping its key rate low to support the economy's recovery.
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Casino firm Genting Singapore draws takeover interest
While thoUS rival MGM Resorts International recently approached the firm’s controlling shareholder, the billionaire Lim family, to express its interest in a deal, the people said.
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Oil extends fall below $100 as fears of recession intensify
West Texas Intermediate settled below $96 a barrel on Thursday. Earlier, futures breached $91 a barrel, hitting the lowest level since late February when crude began its ascent into triple digits.
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Centre may lower windfall tax as global oil prices decline
The measure, aimed at taxing super-normal profits on local oil production, export shipments of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, will be reviewed at a meeting on Friday, said the people, who declined to be identified as the discussions are private. If a cut is decided upon, it could be implemented immediately, they added.
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India Bonds will suffer most in Asia in a US recession scenario
Rupee debt has proven to be the most sensitive to an inversion of the US curve in the past and this time is unlikely to be different, according to a Bloomberg study which analyzed four episodes dating back to 2005.
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IMF warns it will cut global growth forecast again with ‘darkened’ outlook
The outlook for this year and next will be downgraded later this month when the IMF releases its World Economic Outlook Update, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva wrote in a blog post published Wednesday, without providing specific figures.
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Euro drops to dollar parity for first time in two decades
The 12% decline is the result of multiple pressures, from the war in Ukraine to an energy crisis and the growing risk that Russia cuts off gas exports and pushes the euro area into recession.
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China readies $1.1 trillion to support Xi Jinping’s infrastructure push
The figure refers to government-backed funds and is based on Bloomberg News’ analysis of official announcements. It includes an unprecedented 1.5 trillion yuan of “special” bonds, mainly used for infrastructure, that local governments may be allowed to sell in the second half of this year, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
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Joe Biden calls shock inflation report ‘out of date’ due to declining US gasoline prices
The consumer price index rose 9.1% from one year earlier, according to new Labor Department data, the largest increase consumers have seen since the end of 1981. The increase exceeded economists’ estimates for the fourth month in a row.
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Fed could weigh historic 100 basis-point hike after inflation scorcher
Given the acceleration in monthly inflation, economists at Nomura Securities International now expect a full percentage-point increase in the Fed’s benchmark rate at the upcoming policy meeting.
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US inflation accelerates to 9.1%, highest in 41 years
The red-hot inflation figures reaffirm that price pressures are rampant and widespread throughout the economy and continue to sap purchasing power and confidence.
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Front-running Scandal rocks a $31 billion Indian investing giant
Axis Asset Management Co., which is India’s seventh largest mutual fund manager and partly owned by Schroders, in May sacked two employees, including its chief dealer, amid an ongoing internal probe.
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Google to slow down hiring; read alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s memo
Sundar Pichai said the company will focus on hiring “engineering, technical and other critical roles,” in 2022 and 2023, according to a copy of the email viewed by Bloomberg News.
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Twitter lawyers say they can prevail over Elon Musk in just four days
Lawyers for the San Francisco-based company say they need only four days in Delaware Chancery Court to prove that the world’s richest man should be forced to honor his agreement and pay $54.20 a share for Twitter. The company hopes to start the non-jury case on Sept. 19.
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Fed’s Thomas Barkin open to raising rates by 50 or 75 bps in July
The consumer price index for June will be released on Wednesday. It is expected to show an 8.8% increase from a year earlier, marking the largest jump since 1981, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey.
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Treasury curve inversion deepens to level not seen since 2007
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dropped as much as 12.4 basis points below the 2-year rate, eclipsing the 9.5-basis-point gap reached in early April.
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China’s plunging markets flash fresh warning signs on economy
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of stocks has lost almost 9% since June 28 as a new Covid subvariant threatens to paralyze factories, dampen consumer spending and hurt construction activity.
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Monetary policy won’t sacrifice growth too much in fight against inflation, says RBI
India’s government has projected the economy to expand as much as 8.5% in the year to March 2023, while the central bank sees growth at 7.2% during the same period.
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RBI Governor says will ensure orderly movement in rupee
The rupee’s tumble to a succession of record lows is sparking fears of a deeper sell-off and pitting the central bank against analysts and strategists who are predicting further losses.
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Temasek Turns Cautious on Outlook, Sees More Market Declines
The $287 billion firm said it will slow its pace of investments and take a cautious stance given the likelihood of a recession in developed markets. Temasek said the risk of a mild recession in the US into 2023 has risen due to tighter financial conditions and geopolitical uncertainty. China meanwhile faces “challenges” meeting its 2022 growth target of 5.5%.
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The global energy crisis may get worse, IEA’s Fatih Birol warns
“The world has never witnessed such a major energy crisis in terms of its depth and its complexity,” IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said Tuesday at a global energy forum in Sydney. “We might not have seen the worst of it yet -- this is affecting the entire world.”
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BlackRock warns against dip buying as high-volatility era dawns
Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine and supply bottlenecks from labor shortages will keep the pace of price growth elevated. Central banks will tighten policy until the economic pain forces them to shift direction and live with inflation. Constrained by the “hyper-politicization of everything,” policy makers will struggle to tackle the fallout.
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Gap CEO Sonia Syngal fired after failing to rescue struggling retailer
Chairman Bob Martin is taking over immediately as CEO on an interim basis, according to a statement.
