Futures in Australia pointed to a destructive open on Friday just after a holiday break on Thursday.
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The Bank of Japan headquarters is seen in Tokyo on January 30, 2017. The Bank of Japan will pull the plug on its eight-year negative interest rate policy in April, according to more than 80% of economists polled by Reuters, marking a long-awaited major shift from a global outlier central bank. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | […]
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024 are seen in a combination of file photographs. Marco Bello | Jeenah Moon | Reuters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested that Wednesday’s larger-than-expected interest rate cut may have […]
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