Fair access to proper housing can boost economic growth – report
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Providing equitable access to appropriate housing in slums and other informal settlements could massively…
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Platinum facing biggest deficit in years as carmakers snap up metal
LONDON (Reuters) – Rising demand from automakers, industry and investors will push the global platinum market into its biggest deficit…
Argentina raises economic defenses against inflation ‘onslaught’
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government is bolstering its economic defenses as it battles runaway inflation that…
Explainer-How Wall Street is preparing for possible US debt default
By Davide Barbuscia and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As talks over raising the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt…
Vice Media files for bankruptcy as ad business suffers
By Samrhitha A and Rahat Sandhu (Reuters) -Vice Media Group, popular for websites such as Vice and Motherboard, filed for…
IMF official says Sri Lanka reforms critical, evaluating progress
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in Sri Lanka will evaluate progress made on reforms…
Fed’s Goolsbee says May rate hike was ‘close call’ for him
(Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said on Monday that his decision to support an interest rate…
Brazil’s Americanas looking for buyer for stake in Grupo Uni.co
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian retailer Americanas SA, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year after an accounting scandal, said…
India’s April merchandise and services trade deficit at 21-month low
By Shivangi Acharya and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s merchandise and services trade deficit narrowed to a 21-month…
Elon Musk to meet Macron, other leaders at France conference
PARIS (Reuters) -Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will meet French President Emmanuel Macron and other political leaders on Monday at a…