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...This year, the bank would focus on commercialising and monetising relationships it has built in the region, Ng added....
...Banks in the region have enjoyed a surge in profits as low defaults and high interest rates boosted lending margins....
...In short, bank capital is trapped. When capital can no longer move across jurisdictions, balance sheets in each region are fixed....
...If a university were to fail, it would not be the international status that would be missed. The impact would be most keenly felt on the economy and services in that university’s region....
...The region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.5 per cent, as did France’s Cac 40, while Germany’s Dax added 0.6 per cent. US stocks, meanwhile, looked set to snap a six-session losing streak....
...Other central banks in the region have signalled that they were prepared to take action....
...Like Ajay Banga, the bank president, we are not keen on buzzwords....
...India and its neighbours are not creating enough jobs to sustain their young populations, the World Bank has warned, putting the region’s demographic dividend at risk even as it enjoys the world’s fastest...
...The region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.5 per cent, weighed down by rate-sensitive real estate groups and bank stocks....
...European stocks held steady on Monday as traders await a busy week of central bank policy meetings. The region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.1 per cent, as did France’s Cac 40....
...Asian equities were muted in afternoon trading, with Hong Kong leading gains in the region despite paring back its gains from earlier in the day....
...London was the most expensive region in the UK, with an average house price of £519,505....
...many other central banks had done during the pandemic....
...The group points to the decline in the region’s share of global capital markets activity in Europe, from 18 to 10 per cent, since 2008. But the US had shed a similar chunk of share in that time....
...The UK’s FTSE 100 closed at a record high, boosted by weakness in the pound and rising expectations of interest rate cuts from the Bank of England....
...The bank’s Hong Kong-listed shares dropped more than 3 per cent after the results. HSBC’s payouts are bucking the trend, both in terms of its own results and the region....
...The yen weakened past ¥155 a dollar ahead of the Bank of Japan’s interest rate announcement on Friday....
...The region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 added 1.1 per cent — led higher by strong performance from technology groups and healthcare stocks....
...These include additional contributions for the International Development Association’s enhanced crisis response window, significantly increasing donor contributions to IDA’s upcoming replenishment...
...Poland is the main haven for people escaping the conflict and there are an estimated 200,000 Ukrainian men in the country, according to Eurostat and the Polish central bank....
...“Other regions are no longer playing by the rules and are actively devising policies to enhance their competitive position,” Mario Draghi, a former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank president...
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...India and its neighbours are expected to grow more quickly than any other region this year, the World Bank said, defying gloomy outlooks for China and much of east Asia....
...A softer exchange rate could help exports, said Foley, and the boost to growth would be particularly welcome for countries in the region, such as France and Italy, that are struggling with rising government...
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