LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said sticking to a plan to halve inflation would help the economy grow again after official data showed gross domestic product rose 0.1% in November, a better result than had been expected by economists. “The most important help we can give is to stick to the plan …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s government and trade unions on Thursday agreed to increase all public servants’ salaries by 30% for 2023, they said in a joint statement, as the country struggles to reduce debt and tackle rampant inflation. The West African gold, oil and cocoa producer is battling its worst economic crisis in a generation. …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new global sovereign debt “roundtable” that will include China, other creditors and some borrowing countries will meet for the first time next month on the sidelines of a Group of 20 finance officials meeting in India, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. Georgieva, the first person …
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Por Ann Saphir y Howard Schneider 12 ene (Reuters) – Los responsables de la política monetaria de la Reserva Federal expresaron el jueves su alivio por el hecho de que la inflación siguiera bajando en diciembre, lo que allana el camino para una posible subida de los tipos de interés de un cuarto de punto …
Por Bernard Orr y Ellen Zhang PEKÍN, 13 ene (Reuters) – Se espera que el pico de la ola de COVID-19 en China dure de dos a tres meses y pronto se extienda por las vastas zonas rurales, donde los recursos médicos son relativamente escasos, según ha comunicado un epidemiólogo chino destacado. Se prevé que …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Companies are increasingly prioritising skills development rather than offering life-long careers, as technological change drives skills shortages in a post-pandemic world, the CEO of U.S. staffing company ManpowerGroup said. Employers “are not promising a 15-year-long career. But they are promising that when you join that organisation you will develop skills that make …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scandinavian airline SAS said on Friday it had agreed with another two of its aircraft lessors to amend the terms of existing lease contracts as part of its cost cutting efforts. Crisis-hit SAS, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States since last year, said in a statement it had …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Centum Investment Co. Plc said it had ended a pact with Nigeria’s Access Bank to sell its 83.4% shareholding in Kenya’s Sidian Bank, as the timeframe for completion of the transaction had lapsed. In June, Centum announced plans to sell the stake to Access Bank, a subsidiary of Access Holdings, subject …
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Por Ellen Zhang y Joe Cash PEKÍN, 13 ene (Reuters) – Las exportaciones chinas se contrajeron bruscamente en diciembre al ralentizarse la demanda mundial, mientras que las importaciones también volvieron a desplomarse por el aumento de infecciones por COVID y por la recesión inmobiliaria, que lastraron la demanda interna, poniendo de relieve los riesgos para …
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– von Francesco Canepa Frankfurt (Reuters) – Lettlands Notenbankchef Martins Kazaks hat Marktspekulationen auf mögliche Zinssenkungen der EZB noch in diesem Jahr eine Absage erteilt. “Es bräuchte eine tiefe Rezession mit einem beträchtlichen Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit, um die Inflation zu senken und damit Zinssenkungen anzustoßen”, sagte das Ratsmitglied der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) in einem am …
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