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By Nelson Bocanegra Bogota (Reuters) – Colombia’s new Public Credit director, Javier Cuellar, will seek to renew market confidence, the executive said Monday, amid growing uncertainty stemming from the country’s cloudy fiscal outlook and the recent replacement of its finance minister. Cuellar, who served as president of the National Guarantee Fund, replaced Jose Roberto Acosta …

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By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Inflation in Colombia likely eased in March, after increasing in the first two months of the year due to higher minimum wages and gas tariffs subsidies, a Reuters poll showed on Monday. According to the median estimates from 22 analysts surveyed, consumer prices for the third month of the …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s property prices hit a record high in March after the first rate cut in over four years bolstered buyer sentiment, although it remains unclear if the upward momentum will last due to affordability issues. Figures from property consultant CoreLogic, which will soon rebrand to Cotality, showed prices across the nation rose …

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WARSAW (Reuters) – Average annual inflation in Poland will amount to 4.1% in 2025, and it will then slow to 3.2% in 2026 and 2.7% in 2027, according to forecasts published on Monday in the central bank macroeconomic survey. Inflation stood at 4.9% year-on-year in March, statistics office data showed. The experts surveyed also expect …

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By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) – Major commodity traders Gunvor and Vitol are waiting to withdraw large volumes of Russian-produced aluminium from London Metal Exchange-approved warehouses in the South Korean port of Gwangyang, three sources familiar with the matter said. Gunvor and Vitol mostly focus on energy, but oil and gas trading giants more broadly …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s tourism ministry is maintaining its forecast for foreign tourist arrivals at 38 million this year despite the powerful earthquake, the minister said on Monday. The impact of the quake is to be limited and short-term, Sorawong Thienthong told reporters, adding more than 1,000 hotel room bookings had been cancelled since the …

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