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Zambia sent bondholders debt restructuring proposal, finance ministry says

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Zambia last week gave its bondholders a “concrete proposal” for the restructuring of some $3 billion in eurobonds, the ministry of finance and national planning said on Friday. “We continue to engage actively with our bondholders and proposals are being exchanged,” the ministry told …

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Peru’s GDP declines 0.63% in Feb, beats expectations

(Reuters) – Peru’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk 0.63% in February compared with the same month last year, the government’s INEI statistics agency said on Saturday, beating expectations by analysts who forecast a bigger decline. It was a second successive month of decline after the economy began to contract in January following 22 months of …

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‘Zero capacity to save’: Argentines buckle as inflation tops 104%

By Horacio Soria and Juan Carlos Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s annual inflation rate soared to 104.3% in March, the official statistics agency said on Friday, one of the highest rates in the world, straining people’s wallets and stoking a cost-of-living crisis that has pushed up poverty. The inflation reading for the month came in …

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Brazil proposes zero primary budget deficit in 2024, conditions expenditures to new fiscal rules

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Planning Ministry announced on Friday a zero primary deficit target for 2024, but stated that 172 billion reais ($35.03 billion) in government spending depends on the approval of a proposed new fiscal framework. In a statement about the 2024 budget bill sent to Congress, the ministry said the new fiscal rules …

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IMF steering committee aims for ‘considerable progress’ on shareholding reforms

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee on Friday said it would accelerate its discussions on quota reforms at the global lender with an eye to making “considerable progress” by its next meeting in October. Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino, who chairs the International Monetary and Financial Committee …

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Tupperware tumbles as cheaper rivals, to-go containers proliferate

By Hilary Russ and Katherine Masters NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tupperware’s financial woes follow a proliferation of free restaurant to-go boxes after a pandemic-era surge in delivery and carryout orders, and an onslaught of competition from cheaper food storage containers like Clorox’s GladWare. Popularized by suburban housewives hawking plastic tubs at private parties in the 1950s, …

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Colombian green, benchmark bonds likely this year -finance minister

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Colombia is looking to issue a green bond before the end of 2023, likely in dollars, and could tap traditional credit markets again this year if borrowing costs fall, Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo said on Friday. He said the amounts were not set yet, …

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Bank of Canada discussed raising rates at latest policy meeting -governor

(Reuters) – The governing council of the Bank of Canada discussed raising interest rates at its policy meeting earlier this week before deciding to leave them on hold, the central bank’s governor, Tiff Macklem, said on Friday. Asked whether any council members were in favor of hiking rates at the meeting, Macklem said: “When I …

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Pakistan’s cenbank governor says inflation to begin decelerating over next few months

(Reuters) – Pakistan’s central bank governor said on Friday that the country’s inflation is expected to start decelerating over the next few months. “And with the revival of the IMF program, the uncertainty regarding external financing will also fade away,” central bank governor Jameel Ahmad said in a statement from the State Bank of Pakistan. …

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