Fury over prices in Croatia sparks growing retailer boycotts
Zagreb (AFP) - Fed up with paying ever increasing prices at grocery stores and shopping outlets, Croatians have begun channeling ...
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ECB to look past Trump risk and push on with rate cuts
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Despite US President Donald Trump's sabre-rattling, the European Central Bank is set to press on with ...
Asian markets diverge in thin trade, with AI impact in focus
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian equities were mixed in another holiday-thinned trading day Thursday, with investors digesting broadly positive tech ...
Brazil central bank hikes interest rate as Lula’s woes mount
Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's central bank on Wednesday hiked its key interest rate to 13. 25 percent in more bad ...
Powell says US Fed in no hurry to cut rates after pause
Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve is in no "hurry" to adjust interest rates again, the central bank's chair ...
US Fed pauses rate cuts, resisting Trump pressure
Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve left its key lending rate unchanged Wednesday, resisting pressure from President Donald Trump ...
Facing Bolivia’s economic crunch with toy houses, fake banknotes
La Paz (AFP) - For a month every year, thousands of Bolivians throng the stalls of an unusual market in ...
ECB to cut rates again, with a nervous eye on Trump
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Eurozone rate-setters are set to cut borrowing costs again this week, confident their efforts to lower ...
US Fed prepares to pause in first rate decision since Trump’s inauguration
Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve is expected to announce a pause in rate cuts on Wednesday, as policymakers ...
Bank of Japan hikes interest rate to 17-year high, boosts yen
Tokyo (AFP) - The Bank of Japan increased interest rates on Friday to their highest in 17 years and signalled ...
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