ECONOMY & MARKETS

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021.

IMF's Georgieva: 'Trend Of Fragmentation Is Strong'

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday said she worries less about the risk that the war in Ukraine and a further slowdown in China might trigger a global recession than she does about the strength of the trend toward economic and political fragmentation.
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A man wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past an electronic board displaying Japan's Nikkei index and various countries' stock market index prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 22, 2022.

Stocks Edge Up Before Fed Minutes, Dollar Off 1-month Low

Stock markets and the dollar moved cautiously higher on Wednesday before the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes, while New Zealand's dollar soared as its central bank joined those now aggressively jacking up interest rates.
Gold bullion is displayed at GoldSilver Central's office in Singapore June 19, 2017.

Gold Slips Off 2-week Peak As Dollar Edges Higher

Gold prices dipped slightly on Wednesday, receding from a two-week high hit in the previous session, as the dollar reclaimed some ground but uncertainty over the trajectory of inflation supported safe-haven bullion's outlook.
Gold bullion is displayed at GoldSilver Central's office in Singapore June 19, 2017.

Gold Slips Off 2-week Peak As Dollar Ticks Higher

Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday, slipping from a two-week high hit in the previous session, as the dollar reclaimed some ground, but uncertainty over the trajectory of inflation supported safe-haven bullion's outlook.
A labourer carries a sack filled with sugar to load it onto a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2018.

India Restricts Sugar Exports At 10 Million Tonnes

India has imposed restrictions on sugar exports for the first time in six years by capping this season's exports at 10 million tonnes, a government order said, to prevent a surge in domestic prices after mills sold a record volume on the world market.
A Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) logo is seen on Bay Street in the heart of the financial district in Toronto, January 22, 2015.

Tide Is Turning As Canada's Banks Brace For A Q2 Earnings Downdraft

Canada's top six banks are expected to post an average 12% drop in second-quarter earnings from the previous three months as increased expenses and loan-loss reserves and lower investment banking revenues outweigh strong loan growth and margin expansion from rising interest rates.
U.S. dollar banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken, February 14, 2022.

Dollar At One-month Low As Lagarde Comments Lift Euro

The U.S. dollar index hit nearly a one-month low on Tuesday after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said euro zone interest rates will likely be in positive territory by the end of the third quarter, giving the euro a boost.

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