Morgan Stanley, Deutsche and others raise UK rate-hike forecasts

LONDON (Reuters) – A number of banks including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank on Wednesday revised upward expectations for further UK interest rate hikes as a second straight day of data suggested price pressures remain elevated. Britain was the only country in western Europe with double-digit inflation in March after it fell less than expected,…

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Protester breaks silence on China’s crackdown on COVID demonstrators

By Oliver Denzer and Laurie Chen HAMBURG/BEIJING (Reuters) -Dazed and terrified, Yicheng Huang narrowly managed to escape being detained by police in Shanghai while attending historic protests calling for an end to China’s COVID-19 curbs that spread across numerous cities last November. The protests, unprecedented in President Xi Jinping’s decade in power, were suppressed by…

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China seeking Dutch space technology -military intelligence agency

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – China is seeking to acquire equipment and knowledge in the Dutch space sector, sometimes in circumvention of export restrictions, the Netherlands’ military intelligence agency said on Wednesday. The agency, known by its Dutch acronym MIVD, said in its 2022 annual report that its analysis “shows the Chinese satellite launch capacity will increase…

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Market stress may pressure Spanish banks despite strong liquidity- cenbank

By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish lenders may feel the impact from rising global risks, such as the higher cost of funding and liquidity stress, though their cash positions remained stable in March, Bank of Spain officials said on Wednesday. In its semi-annual financial stability report, the central bank warned global uncertainty could lead to…

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Airline capacity constrained until 2025 due to delivery delays, spare parts -IATA

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Global airline capacity will be lower than expected this year and stay constrained until 2025 at the earliest, warned IATA director general Willie Walsh, due to delays in new aircraft deliveries and a lack of availability of spare parts. “I can’t see anything really improving or significantly improving probably until 2025 at…

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Japan’s SMFG is first global bank to sell AT1 bonds since C.Suisse wipeout

By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) sold $1 billion of additional tier-1 (AT1) debt on Wednesday, becoming the first major global bank to sell the risky securities since similar bonds issued by Credit Suisse were wiped out last month. The deal reflects rebounding confidence in the banking sector of Asia’s…

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Foreign investors set sights on Turkey after elections

By Orhan Coskun and Birsen Altayli ANKARA (Reuters) – International investors are looking to increase investments in Turkey, notably in mergers and acquisitions, as they anticipate a shift to a more orthodox economic policy after May 14 elections, four government officials and analysts said. Opinion polls show President Tayyip Erdogan facing the greatest electoral challenge…

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