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Hong Kong lowers buyer stress test requirement for mortgages
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's de facto central bank has relaxed a mortgage stress test requirement for property buyers, it said on Friday, in response to rising interest rates and a softening mark...
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Rouble surges, stocks dip as Russia holds Ukraine referendums
(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.) (Reuters) - The Russian rouble surged to new multi-week highs on Friday while stocks f...
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ECB seeks to cut subsidy to banks as rate hikes leave it on hook, sources say
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is studying ways of cutting a subsidy to banks that stands to cost it tens of billions of euros in interest, four sources told Reuters, in a move that is...
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Soccer-World Cup players to get FIFA data analysis app
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - When the World Cup kicks off in Qatar on Nov. 20 fans can expect a flurry of stats and match footage on social media and FIFA is hoping that includes dat...
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Vietnam plans cuts in fuel taxes as inflation rises
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's finance ministry on Friday said it is proposing to the legislature cutting the special consumption tax and value-added tax on fuels to keep inflation under 4% this year. Th...
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Crypto exchange Kraken has no U.S. SEC registration plans, says incoming CEO
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has no plans to delist tokens the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has labeled as securities, or to register with the agency as a marke...
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U.S. House Republicans unveil agenda ahead of Nov. 8 elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rolled out an agenda on Friday aimed at tackling a range of priorities from inflation and crime to election accountability, whic...
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Biden to aim at ‘bully’ DeSantis in Florida, as 2024 looms
By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden will for the first time as president hold a political rally in a state where he lost in 2020, when he treks to Florida on Tuesday t...
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Russia to spend $6.8 billion from wealth fund on infrastructure projects in 2022
KAZAN (Reuters) -Russia plans to spend 400 billion roubles ($6.8 billion) of its National Wealth Fund money on investment projects this year, on top of the 535 billion roubles it has previously spent ...
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ADB head says FX intervention among tools for emerging Asia
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Capital controls and currency intervention are among tools emerging Asian policymakers can use if rapid U.S. interest rate hikes and a surging d...
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