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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A waiter serves food at a restaurant near Times Square in New York City, U.S., December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo 2/3 By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fear that the war in Ukraine would tilt the U.S. economy towards a 1970s-style bout of stagflation has given way to signs that…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators move away from tear gas used by the police near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence during a protest against him as many parts of the crisis-hit country faced up to 13 hours without electricity due to a shortage o 2/2 By Uditha Jayasinghe and Dinuka Liyanawatte COLOMBO (Reuters)…

2/2 © Reuters. Czech Crown coins and notes are seen in this picture illustration taken April 1, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny/Illustration 2/2 PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech National Bank is set to raise its main rate by 50 basis points to 5.00% on March 31, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, which would be the…

Marketing in the metaverse? Real estate in the metaverse? The word is popping up so often that, to many, it can seem like the next iteration of the internet has already arrived. In truth, we are still in the very early days of what is essentially a combination of virtual reality, augmented reality and video…

© Reuters. A general view of the European Union economic and finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should, like national governments, have a proper budget it could use to stabilise the bloc’s economy if needed, a European Commission survey of academics,…

© Reuters. Mexico’s Central Bank Governor Victoria Rodriguez Ceja poses for a photo after an interview with Reuters at the annual banking convention, in Acapulco, Mexico March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Javier Verdin By Anthony Esposito ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – The Bank of Mexico does not need to strictly track the U.S. Federal Reserve’s expected interest rates…

The cruise industry is working its way back from devastating pandemic shutdowns.  But many of the financial moves made by cruise operators to survive the pandemic have changed the character of the companies.  That was made clear with the latest results from a big player in the industry, Real Money’s Johnathan Heller noted recently. “Carnival  …

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO:U.S. dollar banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration (Corrects 10-year yield in paragraph 21 to 2.296%, not 2.969%) By Davide Barbuscia and Ira Iosebashvili NEW YORK (Reuters) – A sharp sell-off in U.S. Treasuries has increased concerns about low levels of liquidity in the $23.5 trillion…

It’s not out of the realm of possibility that you’ll have trouble making financial decisions someday in the future. Consider: Studies show that about one out of five people aged 75 to 79 might have diminished financial decision-making abilities due to mild cognitive impairment or dementia; that risk rises to about one out of two…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Changyong Rhee, Director of Asia and Pacific department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during a session at the “Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future” conference in New Delhi, India, March 12, 2016. REUTERS/Anindito Mukher 2/2 By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea on Wednesday nominated…