Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rise in February
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rose in February but are likely to decline in the months ahead as the coronavirus outbreak depresses demand for some goods an...
Mar 11, 2020
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen during West Bank protest, Palestinian ministry says
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday during a protest against feared Israeli land confiscation, the Palestinian Health Mi...
Mar 11, 2020
Banks see surging bond volumes in Asia as virus sparks flight to safety
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Trading volume has surged for Asian fixed income desks this week, major banks say, as the fast spread of the coronavirus around the world prompts investors to du...
Mar 11, 2020
Swedbank says $4.8 million of payments may have violated U.S. sanctions
By Colm Fulton and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An independent investigation of Swedbank's anti-money laundering practices has found that transactions totaling $4.8 million potentially violate...
Mar 11, 2020
BOJ likely to ease policy next week to bolster sentiment: sources
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to ease monetary policy next week in an attempt to limit the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and recent market vola...
Mar 11, 2020
China to make targeted RRR cuts, stabilize foreign trade amid virus
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will make targeted cuts in bank reserve requirement ratios (RRR) and take measures to stabilize foreign trade and investment, including reducing the negative list, amid the c...
Mar 11, 2020
Futures fall as investors wary of U.S. response to virus
By Medha Singh and Sanjana Shivdas (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell more than 2% on Wednesday after strong gains in the previous session, on skepticism about President Donald Trump's stimulus...
Mar 11, 2020
Italy, Britain wield economic axes to try to slay coronavirus
By David Milliken and Giulia Segreti LONDON/ROME (Reuters) - Italy earmarked $28.3 billion to soften the economic impact of the world's second-biggest coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday as the Bank of ...
Mar 11, 2020
Merkel distances herself from fiscal policy of no new borrowing
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday distanced herself from her government's fiscal policy pledge of not incurring any new debt. Asked during a news conference on the coronavirus e...
Mar 11, 2020
Albanian woman, 73, dies of coronavirus
TIRANA (Reuters) - An Albanian woman of 73 with a heart condition who had returned from neighboring Italy has become the country's first coronavirus fatality, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Th...
Mar 11, 2020
