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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday that fiscal measures to support the country’s fiscal framework could be announced this week, adding that the government is in the final stages of preparation for the announcement. Speaking to reporters, he said President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to call him …

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By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, a political outsider who won election last year brandishing a chainsaw as a blunt symbol of his plans to cut spending, is defying long odds to right the embattled economy and keeping a lid on voter anger. After years of economic crises, debt …

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By Ateeq Shariff (Reuters) – Most stock markets in the Gulf were subdued on Sunday after a report suggested Iran might be preparing a retaliatory strike on Israel from Iraqi territory in the coming days. The U.S. has warned Iran against launching another attack on Israel, adding Washington will not be able to restrain Israel …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds are coming into the U.S. presidential election with more equity leverage in their portfolios than they had in the beginning of the year, indicating higher risk appetite, Goldman Sachs’ data showed. Portfolio managers borrow money from prime brokers to juice up hedge funds’ return, but it can also …

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