BRASILIA, 16 jun (Reuters) -La actividad económica de Brasil arrancó el segundo trimestre con un impulso mayor de lo esperado, mostró el viernes un índice del Banco Central, tras las sorpresas positivas de los tres primeros meses, impulsadas en gran medida por el sector agrícola. El índice de actividad económica IBC-BR, un indicador clave del …
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PEKÍN, 16 jun (Reuters) – El presidente chino, Xi Jinping, calificó a Bill Gates de “viejo amigo” y dijo que espera que puedan cooperar de forma que beneficie tanto a China como a Estados Unidos, en el primer encuentro entre ambos en años. En un encuentro celebrado en la casa de huéspedes Diaoyutai de Pekín, …
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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve president Thomas Barkin said Friday he is comfortable with further interest rate increases if coming data does not show that weakening demand for goods and services is feeding through to slower inflation. “I am still looking to be convinced of the plausible story that slowing demand …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen and a technology partner have mastered a battery manufacturing process called dry coating which if scaled up could cut the cost of cell production by hundreds of millions of euros a year, its battery chief said on Friday. The carmaker, which is working with printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank is expected to raise its policy rate by a huge 1,150 basis points next week, from 8.5% to 20%, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, in a policy U-turn after rate cuts under President Tayyip Erdogan led to a cost-of-living crisis. The central …
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Por Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, 16 jun (Reuters) – Los cambios en las condiciones crediticias desde la quiebra del Silicon Valley Bank a principios de marzo están “en línea” con el endurecimiento financiero de la Reserva Federal que ya estaba en marcha, dijo el viernes el gobernador de la entidad, Christopher Waller. “Aunque las condiciones de …
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) is set to win the most votes in next month’s general election but its lead over the conservative People’s Party (PP) has narrowed since the vote was called, a state-owned pollster said on Friday. While most recent surveys put the PP in front, a poll by …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will scrutinise the effects and side-effects of its unconventional monetary policy tools deployed during a 25-year battle with deflation in a scheduled long-term review, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday. Japan’s bitter memories of its decades-long battle with deflation hang heavily over the central bank’s deliberations …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s cabinet met on Friday to discuss measures to spur growth in the economy, state media reported, pledging to roll out policy steps in a timely way amid signs that a post-COVID recovery is fading. “We must take more effective measures to enhance the momentum of development, optimise the economic …
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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -Declines in the international market prices of raw materials, energy and foods will need to start making their mark on consumer goods or interest rates will have to be raised further, ECB Governing Council member Mario Centeno said on Friday. “The overwhelming majority of inflationary shocks, if not all, have …
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