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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s consumer confidence fell slightly in December, the government said on Wednesday, as domestic COVID-19 cases started rising towards the end of the month. A Cabinet Office survey showed the sentiment index for general households, which includes views on incomes and jobs, was at 39.1 in December, compared with 39.2 in November. …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian job advertisements slipped in December after two months of steep gains as some positions were filled, while a pick up in coronavirus cases may have had some impact on employers. Wednesday’s figures from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd showed total job ads fell 5.5% in December from November, when …

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(Reuters) – The Senate Banking Committee will consider the nomination of Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard for Fed vice chair of supervision on Jan. 13 at 10 a.m. Eastern (1500 GMT), the panel said on its website on Tuesday. Also to be considered at the hearing will be Sandra Thompson, nominated to be director of …

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(Reuters) – The demand side factors contributing to higher inflation may fade as the fiscal support rolled out to bolster the U.S. economy throughout the pandemic winds down but it is not clear how long it will take to resolve supply side imbalances, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said on Tuesday. “When is …

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(Reuters) – After inflation surged to a 19-year high of 36.1% last month, Turkey has pushed through a series of price hikes at the start of the year which are set to add to cost pressures as Ankara pursues an unorthodox interest-rate cutting policy. In December alone, consumer prices jumped 13.58%, official data showed on …

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MADRID (Reuters) – The number of registered jobless in Spain fell by 76,782 people, or 2.41%, in December from November, leaving 3.1 million people out of work, Labour Ministry data showed on Tuesday. It was the tenth consecutive month of falling jobless figures and the lowest in the month of December since 2007. Spain added …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday that the country’s growth would be significantly higher this year than the government’s current forecast of 6.25%. Le Maire also told RTL radio that even though the surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant was disrupting some sectors there was no risk of it paralysing …

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