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Updated 19 minutes ago
Canada’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as weaker foreign trade blunted gains in consumer spending and business investment.
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Updated 55 minutes ago
The dollar rose to a nine-month high against the yen before U.S. reports next week forecast to show growth in the world’s biggest economy is gathering pace while deflation persists in Japan.
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Updated 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
Brazilian stocks, off to the best annual start since 1999, will extend their rally as overseas demand for the country’s commodities and interest-rate cuts push investors into equities, said Pedro Bastos, head of HSBC Global Asset Management in Latin America.
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Updated 57 minutes ago
The Polish zloty and government bonds are attractive as strong economic growth makes the country one of the “sweet spots” in Europe, according to BlackRock Inc.’s fund manager Beata Harasim.
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Updated 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
Brazil’s real headed for its first weekly decline in three after the government unveiled another currency measure late yesterday to tax some foreign loans for exporters and Finance Minister Guido Mantega laid out plans to stem the currency’s gains.
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Updated 2 hours, 55 minutes ago
Nigeria’s naira weakened against the dollar, heading for a second straight weekly decline, as foreign-exchange sales by the oil industry slowed after the month end.
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Updated 59 minutes ago
Investors in the biggest state- controlled companies are being punished with the lowest valuations in six years by emerging-market leaders putting public services ahead of shareholder profits as economies slow.
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Updated 3 hours, 10 minutes ago
The lira weakened for a second day and bond yields advanced on speculation the inflation rate may have risen in February.
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Treasuries headed for a weekly loss as European officials took steps to contain the region’s debt crisis and data showed improvement in the U.S. economy.
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Iceland needs more measures to meet fiscal targets amid overspending in 2011 and a projected budget “slippage” in 2012, the International Monetary Fund said.
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