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Swiss National Bank rejects higher target as way to boost inflation
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan ruled out on Tuesday introducing a higher inflation target in Switzerland to help the central bank reach its goal of price stability. Cent...
Jul 13, 2021
China to keep economy within reasonable range, act to ease commodity prices
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will keep its economic operations within a reasonable range over the next 18 months and take "comprehensive measures" to ease rising commodity prices, Premier Li Keqiang was ...
Jul 13, 2021
Israel cabinet to vote on 2021-2022 budget in early August: Finance Minister
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday he aimed to present the 2021-2022 state budget draft to cabinet ministers for a vote in the first week ...
Jul 13, 2021
South Africa says vaccine rollout, essential healthcare disrupted by unrest
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's health department said on Tuesday that violent protests had disrupted the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and essential healthcare services like the collection of ...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. health official says COVID-19 boosters could risk more serious side effects
By Carl O'Donnell and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) -The United States is reviewing the need for a third COVID-19 booster shot among residents who have already been vaccinated but needs to see more dat...
Jul 13, 2021
PayPal Australia takes on Afterpay with no-late fee ‘buy now, pay later’ offer
(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc's new "buy now, pay later" offering in Australia will not charge late payment fees, the U.S. payments giant said on Wednesday, as it attempts to edge past main industry...
Jul 13, 2021
Russia heading for 2021 budget surplus, even with Putin spending goal -analysts
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is on course to run a budget surplus this year, analysts say, a turnaround after strong half-year data, with high oil prices giving room to cover spending...
Jul 13, 2021
Citi cuts exposure to South Africa bonds, FX amid social unrest
LONDON (Reuters) - Citi reduced its overweight position in longer-dated South Africa government bonds and said it established an underweight in the rand, citing expectations that social unrest could c...
Jul 13, 2021
Moldova gets 500,000 doses of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. – State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent 500,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova as part of Washington's coronavirus diplomacy to send surplus shots overseas to help ...
Jul 13, 2021
ECB’s new guidance must show there is leeway on inflation -Centeno
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must highlight the "room for manoeuvre" it has given itself on inflation when it updates its guidance next week, or risk losing credibi...
Jul 13, 2021
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