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Canada first-quarter GDP expands by 2.2% annualized rate, beating estimates

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, data showed on Friday, primarily driven by exports as companies in the United States rushed to stockpile Canadian goods before President Donald Trump’s tariffs were implemented. But an increase in imports that led to inventory build-up, lower household spending and …

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Turkey’s economy grew 2.0% in first quarter, below forecasts

By Canan Sevgili and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s economy grew 2% in the first quarter of the year, official data showed on Friday, falling short of expectations amid a tight domestic monetary policy and domestic market turmoil prompted by the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor. First-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.0% from the previous …

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Wall Street ends up with Nvidia, appeals court reinstates Trump tariffs

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday as shares of Nvidia gained after its quarterly results, while investors digested a late-afternoon court ruling that reinstated the most sweeping of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The appeals court ruling came a day after a trade court had ordered an immediate block on …

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New Zealand consumer confidence falls in May

(Reuters) -Consumer confidence in New Zealand fell in May, with stubbornly high inflation expectations holding back purchasers, ANZ-Roy Morgan data showed on Friday. “Household inflation expectations don’t have a tight correlation with actual inflation outcomes,” said ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner. “But the perception that inflation is going to be so high is likely to …

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US appeals court reinstates Trump tariffs, sowing market confusion

By Stephen Culp, Rocky Swift and Ankur Banerjee NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court reinstated President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Thursday, leaving Wall Street with no clear direction a day after most of the tariffs were blocked by a trade court, a move that had given markets a brief boost.  Chaotic U.S. trade …

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Brazil economic team to present alternative to tax hike, no defined solution so far

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s government has agreed to present an alternative plan to the increase in the IOF tax on financial transactions in 10 days, lower house speaker Hugo Motta said on Thursday in a post on X. The controversial measure signed last week by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to raise revenue, and …

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Brazil’s central government posts higher-than-expected primary surplus in April

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s central government recorded a primary budget surplus of 17.8 billion reais ($3.1 billion) in April, Treasury data showed on Thursday, above the 15.9-billion-real surplus projected by economists polled by Reuters. The figure represents an increase from the 11.6-billion-real surplus in the same period of last year, driven by higher tax collection, …

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Brazil to discuss adjustments to credit guarantee fund as reserves fall short of target

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Credit Guarantee Fund (FGC) should hold accounting reserves equivalent to 1% of eligible deposits but is currently at 0.35%, the fund’s head Daniel Lima said on Thursday. Discussions on necessary adjustments will take place in the coming months, Lima stressed. Speaking at an event hosted by payment industry group Abipag, Lima …

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European shares ease as trade uncertainty lingers after court blocks Trump’s tariffs

By Nikhil Sharma, Purvi Agarwal and Ragini Mathur (Reuters) -European shares eased on Thursday as initial relief that a U.S. trade court had blocked some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs fizzled out. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index closed 0.2% lower. The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties …

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Bank of Mexico’s rate decision marked by trade policy pressures, minutes show

By Natalia Siniawski MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -All of the Bank of Mexico’s five governing board members agreed in the monetary authority’s most recent rate decision that the period had been marked by high uncertainty due to trade policy announcements worldwide, minutes published on Thursday showed. “Some activity indicators surprised to the downside partly due to …

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