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By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A hedge fund study that said the U.S. Treasury last year effectively provided economic stimulus by moderating long-dated bond sales has sparked a debate in the bond market and a denial from the U.S. Treasury that said it was not aiming for such an effect. The U.S. Treasury …

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By David Lawder RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Friday that “things look good” for Group of Seven wealthy democracies to agree the terms of a $50 billion loan to Ukraine backed by Russian assets by October. Yellen said in an interview on the sidelines of a G20 …

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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prices increased moderately in June as the declining cost of goods tempered a rise in the cost of services, underscoring an improving inflation environment that could position the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates in September. The report from the Commerce Department on Friday also showed consumer …

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By Nevzat Devranoglu and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank is not even considering a rate-cutting cycle at this time because easing too early could reignite inflation and extend the pain for an economy on the verge of disinflation, Deputy Governor Cevdet Akcay said in an interview. For now, he told Reuters, the …

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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England’s first interest rate cut since 2020 hangs in the balance next week, with greater uncertainty than usual as key policymakers have not spoken publicly for more than two months due to rules in the run-up to July 4’s election. Investors are left guessing whether recent …

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By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Often the scariest thing in markets is a rout without a trigger. People are still unsure about the precise cause of the October 1987 crash, for example. And when the Nasdaq clocked a 10% one-day drop in April 2000, marking the first pop in the dot.com bubble, there were …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s latest series of rate cuts show the central bank’s monetary framework has changed, analysts said, with the short-term repo rate becoming the primary signal and a diminished role for its medium-term lending facility (MLF). CONTEXT The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) surprised markets this week by first cutting several key rates …

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