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Eye-watering problem: Indian optician’s claim threatens nation’s banks
By Aftab Ahmed and Nupur Anand AGRA, India (Reuters) - When business evaporated at Gajendra Sharma's eyeglass shop a couple of miles from the Taj Mahal during India's strict COVID-19 lockdown, he was ...
Sep 18, 2020
Bullard: Loose central banks, big deficits could produce inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The combination of loose credit encouraged by central banks, big government deficits, and supply bottlenecks sparked by the pandemic, could push inflation higher than many expec...
Sep 18, 2020
France moves to freeze plans for environmental tax on airlines
PARIS (Reuters) - France is preparing to put plans for new environmental taxes on the airline sector on hold, officials said on Friday, despite a government push to speed up moves towards a greener ec...
Sep 18, 2020
EU to introduce crypto-assets regime by 2024, EU documents say
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will introduce new rules within four years to make cross-border payments quicker and cheaper through the use of blockchain and crypto assets like sta...
Sep 18, 2020
Turkish central bank to hold key rate, continue backdoor tightening: Reuters poll
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank is seen keeping its policy rate on hold next week despite the lira hitting record lows, but is expected to drive funding costs higher with more back-door mea...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. consumer sentiment improves in early September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early September, according to a survey on Friday, which also showed the upcoming November presidential election was starting to have an impac...
Sep 18, 2020
India’s Modi defends new law as critics warn of risks to farmers
By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended new laws aimed at lifting restrictions on farmers on Friday after protests by oppositio...
Sep 18, 2020
Fed begins tussle over practical meaning of new inflation policy
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers on Friday began fleshing out what their new tolerance for inflation will mean in practice, an issue critical to h...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. current account deficit jumps 52.9% as COVID-19 disrupts trade
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit soared to its highest level in nearly 12 years in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on the export of goods a...
Sep 18, 2020
Swedbank says being investigated over suspected past market abuse
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedbank is being investigated for past suspected market abuse by the Financial Supervisory Authority, the lender said on Friday. "The investigation encompasses the period Septem...
Sep 18, 2020
