By Kopano Gumbi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) alluded to a greater focus on job creation by the country’s central bank in resolutions from its recent national conference, but stopped short of calling for its mandate to be changed. ANC officials have for years toyed with the idea of broadening the central …
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By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Thousands took to the streets of Peru’s capital Lima on Thursday in a peaceful protest against the new government and president, after weeks of bloody clashes triggered by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo left at least 42 dead. “Why are you turning your back on the people, …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Global energy majors Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and TotalEnergies are interested in investing in India’s oil and gas exploration and production sector, the country’s oil minister said in a speech on Friday. India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, buys more than 84% of its oil needs from …
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By Neha Arora and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will seek an easing of European Union steel import quotas and tarrifs in talks for a new trade deal as Indian steelmakers struggle to sell the alloy in one of world’s big markets, a senior government official said. Last year, India and the EU …
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By Kevin Buckland and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – The yield on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bonds breached the central bank’s new ceiling on Friday in the market’s most direct challenge yet to decades of uber-easy monetary policy, before a wave of emergency bond buying reined it back in. Swirling speculation that the Bank of …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Tesla said on Friday that the electric vehicle maker, which cut prices of its Model Y and Model 3 vehicles in the U.S. and Europe overnight, was able to provide its cars at a more accessible price because cost inflation was normalising. “At the end of a turbulent year with interruptions to …
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Por Sarah N. Lynch y Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, 12 ene (Reuters) – El fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland, nombró el jueves a un abogado especial para investigar el almacenamiento indebido de documentos clasificados en la casa y la antigua oficina del presidente Joe Biden, un proceso que recuerda a las investigaciones de la …
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer prices likely rose 4.0% in December, double the Bank of Japan (BOJ)’s 2% target, hitting a fresh 41-year-high, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, testing the central bank’s sustained easy-money policy. At its first 2023 rate review next week, the BOJ is expected to …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian gold futures hit a record high on Friday, tracking gains in overseas market, but the price rise dampened demand in the world’s second biggest consumer of the precious metal, dealers said. Local gold futures rose to 56,245 rupees ($691.45) per 10 grams, surpassing the previous record of 56,191 rupees hit in …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said on Friday that the economy grew 3.1% last year but that the country should aim for higher growth. The Southern African country contained annual inflation to single digits at 9.9% in December from 16.4% in December 2021. But reducing inflation to 6%-8% in the medium term …
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