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BOJ highlights inflationary pressure from oil, weak yen
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 30 (Reuters) - Japan's underlying inflation rate may face stronger upward pressure from rising oil prices and the yen's declines than in the past as firms have become more...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ says
March 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Vanuatu Islands on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)said. The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami thre...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
Iran war forces Asian economies to confront sliding currencies and surging oil
By Ankur Banerjee and Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, March 30 (Reuters) - Policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region are facing their toughest test since the COVID-19 pandemic, with few easy options, as they r...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
UK mortgage approvals rise by most since November, Bank of England says
By Suban Abdulla LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - British lenders last month approved the most mortgages in three months and consumer credit grew at the fastest pace in nearly two years, Bank of England d...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
German state inflation points to national uptick as Iran war heats up
BERLIN, March 30 (Reuters) - Inflation rose to at least 2.5% in four German states in March, driven by energy price shocks from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, signalling that the national inflation rat...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
Taiwan probes 11 Chinese firms for illegal poaching of tech talent
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, March 30 (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Monday 11 Chinese firms are being investigated for alleged illegal poaching of semiconductor and other hightech talent, stepping up efforts t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
WTO suffers fresh blow as reform push hits a wall at Cameroon meeting
By Olivia Le Poidevin YAOUNDE, March 30 (Reuters) - World Trade Organization talks broke up on Monday with no agreement on a plan for reform or even on extending a moratorium on e-commerce, piling mor...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
Morgan Stanley downgrades global equities; sees US as 'defensive' market amid Mideast conflict
March 30 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley downgraded global equities and upgraded cash and U.S. government bonds, as investors shun risk in favor of safe-haven assets due to mounting uncertainty stemming fr...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
Heavy rain, floods kill 45 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan
By Sayed Hassib KABUL, March 30 (Reuters) - Heavy rain that triggered severe flooding and caused buildings to collapse killed 45 people and injured 74 in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the last five da...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
India rupee recovery fades as corporates step in to exploit RBI-spurred dislocation
By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI, Mar 30 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee's recovery on Monday faltered, as corporates entered arbitrage trades between the onshore spot market and non-deliverable forwards opened up ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 30, 2026
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