Stocks, Dollar Make Little Progress, After U.S. Inflation Data

Stocks, Dollar Make Little Progress, After U.S. Inflation Data

By Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended Tuesday’s volatile session slightly lower while the dollar was barely higher on Tuesday after data showed U.S. consumer inflation stayed sticky in January, pushing out expectations for a Federal Reserve rate-hiking pause. While Wall Street’s equity indexes swayed between positive and negative territory during the session,…

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IMF Official Says Debt Roundtable To Focus On Broad Restructuring Hurdles

IMF Official Says Debt Roundtable To Focus On Broad Restructuring Hurdles

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s strategy director on Tuesday said the goal of a new sovereign debt panel of creditors and borrowers due to meet on Friday is to try to reach understandings on common standards, principles and definitions for how to restructure distressed country debts. Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, director of the…

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‘Big Short’ manager Burry, Farallon among hedge funds making bets on China

By David Randall and Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – “Big Short” investor Michael Burry, Farallon Capital Management, and Coatue Management were among the prominent hedge fund managers who took large bets on Chinese companies ahead of the reopening of the country’s borders in January after nearly three years of restrictions, securities filings showed on…

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