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(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said in a television interview on Tuesday that a deteriorating job market was happening because of where the central bank has set it short-term interest rate target.  “We have to recognize that the unemployment rate has been drifting higher, and that is a function of monetary policy being too …

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By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s foreign direct investment inflows through October have already surpassed last year’s total, central bank data showed on Tuesday, as the government expects FDI to reach a record high this year. The improvement in FDI, considered a higher-quality form of financing because it reflects long-term investment in productive activity, should …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The two-year Gaza war and economic restrictions in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have triggered the worst collapse in the Palestinian economy on record, wiping out decades of growth, a United Nations report said on Tuesday. The Palestinian economy across the West Bank and Gaza contracted by 30% in 2024 compared …

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By Indradip Ghosh (Reuters) – German home prices will rise around 3% annually over the coming years, according to property analysts polled by Reuters, outstripping overall inflation and further stretching affordability for first-time buyers. Home prices fell 13% between early 2022 and 2024, the biggest slump in more than a decade, but have risen 3.3% …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -The German economy stagnated in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter, the statistics office said on Tuesday, confirming its preliminary reading. (Writing by Friederike Heine and Ludwig Burger, editing by Thomas Seythal)

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Bank of Israel cut interest rates by a quarter-point on Monday, its first reduction in nearly two years, citing a moderation in inflation leading up to the ceasefire in Gaza and said cuts will be very gradual over the next year. The cut in the benchmark rate to 4.25% …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said on Monday that economic conditions became appropriate for the first interest rate reduction in nearly two years but the pace of cuts is likely to be slow with just two more quarter-point reductions “reasonable” by next September. Yaron told Reuters after the rate cut that while …

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