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Weak inflation presents policy challenge for Brazil central bank: director
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank faces monetary policy challenges ahead, in large part because inflation forecasts and inflation expectations remain below its central target, the bank's Mone...
Aug 14, 2020
Can U.S. retail sector’s ‘V-shaped’ rebound jump the fiscal cliff?
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Even with nearly a fifth of the labor force collecting unemployment benefits in July, Americans continued spending with relative gusto, driving retail sales back to pre...
Aug 14, 2020
Exclusive: China ramps up U.S. oil purchases ahead of trade deal review – sources
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Chen Aizhu NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil shipments to China will rise sharply in coming weeks, U.S. traders and shipbrokers and Chinese importers said, as t...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. says it seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela
By Humeyra Pamuk and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday said it has seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela and confiscated the cargoes, disrupting a ke...
Aug 14, 2020
Argentina might delay formal bond revamp offer until next week: source
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina might extend the deadline for its proposed bond restructuring beyond Aug. 24 and submit its amended offer to the U.S. securities regulator next wee...
Aug 14, 2020
Porsche plans new plant for car bodies in Slovakia with up to 1,200 jobs: paper
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Porsche plans building a new plant to make car bodies in Slovakia, where it may create up to 1,200 jobs, Slovak newspaper Dennik N reported on Friday. The sport cars ma...
Aug 14, 2020
Exclusive: U.S.-China trade deal review planned for Saturday postponed, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A review of the U.S.-China trade deal initially slated for Saturday will be delayed due to scheduling issues, and no new date has been agreed yet, according to sources familiar ...
Aug 14, 2020
Vaccine makers including Moderna must hit U.S. timing goals for full payments
By Carl O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is tying payments for COVID-19 vaccines to timing milestones for production and approval, according to public documents and a Trump administrat...
Aug 14, 2020
Banker bonus cap can reduce excessive risk-taking, says BoE paper
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's cap on banker bonuses introduced after the financial crisis a decade ago can help to curb excessive risk-taking, a Bank of England study showed on ...
Aug 14, 2020
Kaplan: Consumers ‘still spending’, but shifts mean risks to service sector
(Reuters) - Economic data show "consumers are still spending," though shifts in the patterns of consumption mean lower income workers in some sectors may face uncertain times ahead, Dallas Federal Res...
Aug 14, 2020
