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...Ivanna Vladkova Hollar, the IMF Egypt mission chief, said the new exchange rate system had to be “sustained”....
...As with Switzerland, the result has been burgeoning foreign exchange reserves, far more than the government’s estimate of what they need to maintain their peg....
..., Fidelity and Charles Stanley Direct), be cautious around the exchange-traded products that give exposure to UK index linkers....
...The buyback’s size will be determined by demand for the new bonds....
...The 1624 perpetual bearer bond was in 1938 gifted by one of Jorisdochter’s descendants to the New York Stock Exchange....
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...That will affect spreads, exchange rates, and hedging costs. Other economic shocks could alter Japan’s domestic growth, inflation and public finance outlook....
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