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MIAMI, July 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Carnival Cruise Line kicked off its first cruise from in almost 16 months from PortMiami, The Cruise Capital of the World, today with the departure of Carnival Horizon, providing a significant boost to the local economy and the tens of thousands of jobs in South Florida that are supported by…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An Israeli shekel note is seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Bank of Israel is expected to leave short-term interest rates unchanged this week for its 10th straight policy meeting, as debate continues over inflation gains. All 16 economists polled…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Randal K. Quarles, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “Oversight of Financial Regulators” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) -Two Federal Reserve officials on Monday expressed strong skepticism about the…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman scans a QR check-in code at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre behind the Kings Park townhouse complex, locked down in response to an outbreak, in Melbourne, Australia, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia lowered its projections on Sunday for population and economic…

© Reuters. The financial district is seen shrouded by haze in Singapore September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim/Files By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian financial regulators should do more to support large-scale trials of “tokenised securities”, an industry body said on Thursday, since banks and technology firms’ current experiments are stuck in different silos,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A combination file photo shows Wells Fargo, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs from Reuters archive. REUTERS/File Photo By David Henry and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The country’s largest lenders are poised to start issuing as much as $130 billion in dividends and stock buybacks from…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – With fiscal spending booming and households flush with cash, investors are betting that the Bank of Canada’s next tightening cycle, expected to begin in 2022,…

BEIJING, June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC, 3908. HK, 601995. SH) is pleased to announce that it held the “Investment Strategy Conference 2H21” yesterday and issued the 2H21 macroeconomic and strategy outlook reports. Dr. Peng Wensheng, CICC’s Chief Economist, Head of Research Department and Executive Dean of CICC Global Institute,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Central Business District (CBD) skyline is pictured at sunset in Sydney, Australia, June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s banking watchdog has asked the country’s big banks to give assurances they are lending responsibly and managing risks in their home loan books amid sky-rocketing house…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sailing boat can be seen in front of the central business district (CBD) of Wellington in New Zealand, July 2, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s economic growth swept past forecasts in the first quarter on the back of a housing boom and strong retail…