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Green light for some tweaking of euro austerity
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Hints the euro zone may shift away from front-loaded fiscal austerity have been treated kindly by financial markets this week as bond investors seem comfortable with at least a measured tilt in the policy mix. With business sentiment...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Market and Exchange, Credit and Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, Bonds
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IMF welcomes Spain's plan to ease up on austerity
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday welcomed Spain's decision to ease up on its austerity drive, saying it should aid employment while still helping to return the nation to fiscal health. "I strongly support the Spanish...Tags: Spain, Politics, Christine Lagarde, International Organizations
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Spain admits recession worse but gets deficit leeway
ReutersMADRID/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain acknowledged that its economy would shrink more than initially expected in 2013 and its budget deficit would be higher than promised, but the European Union gave it more time to bring the shortfall back down to bloc...Tags: European Union, Gross Domestic Product, Weather, Budgets and Budgeting, Spain
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Analysis: Chinese strong talk on yuan reform masks policy quandary
ReutersSHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank has been talking tough on currency reform while it has also intensified market intervention, highlighting the fine line it must walk in trying to liberalize the yuan. Critics, including the United States, see the...Tags: G20 Summit, John Kerry, Money and Monetary Policy, JPMorgan Chase & Co., China
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Most French believe Hollande will miss job target - poll
ReutersPARIS, April 26 (Reuters) - An overwhelming majority of French people believe President Francois Hollande's government will fail to reduce record high unemployment this year, a poll showed on Friday. The government is clinging to the Socialist leader's...Tags: Francois Hollande, Unemployment, Politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, France
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IMF urges east Europe to tackle bank funding, bad loans
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Policymakers in emerging Europe should help banks resolve bad loans and find more local sources of funding to avoid the cycle of boom and bust fanned by an ownership model dominated by foreign lenders, the IMF said on Friday. In a...Tags: European Union, Politics, Finance, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Economy, Business and Finance
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BPI says buffer rule hurts Portugal banks, seeks change
ReutersLISBON (Reuters) - Official efforts to make euro zone banks build bigger buffers against risk are backfiring by preventing them from scaling down exposure to vulnerable sovereign debt, the head of Portugal's Banco BPI told Reuters. Due to the country's...Tags: European Union, Credit and Debt, European Debt Crisis, Portugal, Debt Market
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Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 26
ReutersPRAGUE, April 26 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours) =========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Weather, Finance, Central Bank, Weather Reports
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Europe austerity debate to weigh on Spain's new economic plans
ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - Spain will unveil new economic plans on Friday that government officials say will tread a fine line between growth and austerity. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will present a package of reforms he want to have implemented by 2015 in a...Tags: European Union, Money and Monetary Policy, Weather, Government, Spain
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PRECIOUS-Gold heads for biggest weekly gain since late 2011
ReutersSINGAPORE, April 26 (Reuters) - Gold rose to its highest in more than a week on Friday, heading for its biggest weekly gain since October 2011, after a surge in physical demand in Asia helped pluck the metal from a 2-year trough. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold...Tags: Metal, Money and Monetary Policy, Metal and Mineral, Gold and Precious Material, Labor Markets
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Slovenia delays announcing plan to fend off bailout risk
ReutersLJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia has delayed announcing a plan to sell its sizeable holdings in state-owned firms, a central part of reforms needed to help the euro zone country stave off a bailout. The finance ministry said it expected to submit a...Tags: European Union, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Corporate Performance, Slovenia, Budgets and Budgeting
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Britain avoids recession with faster than expected growth
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain skirted a "triple dip" recession by growing faster than expected in the first three months of the year, providing some cover for a government under fire over its austerity drive. The Office for National Statistics said on...Tags: Energy Resources, Global Expansion, Gross Domestic Product, Weather, Government
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