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...Hostage’s account: Wichian Temthong, a Thai worker who was held for seven weeks in Gaza by Hamas, speaks to the Financial Times about the ordeal he went through....
...The way forward for the region was through deeper service sector reforms, said World Bank economist Aaditya Mattoo....
...with the regions....
...At midday, Mr Dombrovskis is in press room to announce measures to ease household and business credit conditions. Transport commissioner Adina Valean speaks to MEPs virtually from 09.00....
...“There is no one left in the administration or in Congress to rein in President Donald Trump’s long-held protectionist beliefs and other countries are not shying away from the fight.”...
...Friday 13.00: Andy Haldane speech The chief economist of the Bank of England will be giving a speech entitled the "Great Trust Shift" the day after a private talk at the Economic Research Council called...
...The economic calendar is as follows (all times London): 09.00: Eurozone current account 09.30: UK retail sales 12.45-14.00: European Central Bank policy meeting 14.00: South Africa interest rates 15.00:...
...Thursday 21:00 BST....
...Its call: FTSE -7 points at 7040DAX -5 points at 11705CAC -31 points at 5059 (ex-div accounts for 26 points) Eurogroup finance ministers meet at 2pm London time, in what could could turn out to be a make...
...had held family photographs....
...At the same time, ‘other investment’ outflows- –mostly bank lending in the European periphery—have diminished relative to the financial account....
...The remarks represent an escalation of the dispute in one of Asia’s most volatile regions....
...(Reuters) Japan’s current account is back in surplus. After a four month string of current account deficits, the nation produced a Y612.7bn surplus in February, in line with forecasts....
...(Financial Times) But from Nomura: “Taking into account the issue of misinvoicing in export data, we believe actual export growth may have improved to 5-8% y-o-y in March from around 3% in January-February...
...- South Africa sees “wrong” kind of deficit reduction | South Africa’s current account deficit narrowed in the fourth quarter of last year to 5.1 per cent of GDP from 6.4 per cent in the third quarter....
...potential expansion in the region....
...The single currency has been getting support from the bloc’s current account surplus and as the region’s steadier banking system helps reduce the ECB’s balance sheet....
...(NYT) (Financial Times) Bank of Japan held steady: The policy board’s statement was almost identical to the last, which noted a “moderate” recovery in the world’s third largest economy and a “general” pick-up...
...(Financial Times) Penalties planned for banks receiving ECB aid: “EU regulators overseeing next year’s long-awaited stress tests of the region’s banks are preparing to penalise any lender that remains reliant...
...Markets: Asian bourses were decidedly mixed as investors waited for earnings releases from some of the biggest companies in the region as well as more certainty on US monetary policy from the Federal Reserve...
...(Financial Times) - Asian banks offer perks to private banks whose clients buy their bonds. (Bloomberg) - Just 22 companies account for half of all cash held by non-financial S&P 500 firms....
...The current account rate is currently 0.00%....
...funding for agriculture and poor regions in a calculated appeal to France and Italy....
...French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a bilateral summit in Berlin this morning....
...All is to be formally revealed in a joint press conference that will be held on Monday at 14:00 local time (12:00 BST), after the two banks’ boards separately approve the deal....
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