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US factory gate prices for February come in slightly below forecasts
Factory gate inflation continued to ease in February as price pressures in services eased.
US durable goods orders for January beat forecasts
Orders for goods made to last longer than three years continued to growing at the start of 2019, buoyed by those for machinery and aircraft.
Credit Bank of Moscow posts bumper 2018 profits
Credit Bank of Moscow posted a bumper profit for 2018, on the back of a sharp reduction in its non-performing loans.
US February CPI falls short of economists' forecasts
The cost of living in the States surprised to the downside last month, as prices for used cars and trucks fell back.
ECB front runs deteriorating macro backdrop, launches TLTRO III
The European Central Bank has unexpectedly gone ahead and unveiled a new round of cheap loans for the bloc's lenders and pushed back its so-called 'forward guidance', taking the possibility of interest rate hikes in 2019 off the table.
Weekly US jobless claims dip, secondary filings continue to shrink
Initial unemployment claims in the US dipped last week, alongside a further decline in the number of people in longer-term unemployment.
BoE's Cunliffe calls attention to quick growth in leveraged corporate loans
The top Bank of England official charged with avoiding that any future financial crisis will morph into a repeat of the economic rout of 2008 called attention to the recent strong growth in high risk loans to companies.
Italy to sign up to China's 'Belt and Road' initiative
Italy will announce its support for China's 'Belt and Road' initiative in what would be the policy's first endorsement from a G7 nation, according to a report on Wednesday from the Financial Times.
US job growth slows to 183,000 in February, ADP says
The US jobs market cooled more rapidly than expected last month, but from a much higher base of comparison and in any case economists were continuing to predict steady demand for labour.
Eight lenders sued in US for alleged European government bond price rigging
A group of investors filed a lawsuit in the US against eight lenders, accusing them of conspiring to rig the European government bond market between 2007 and 2012.
Forbes ranks Credit Bank of Moscow 1st among Russian lenders in World's Best Banks list
Forbes has included Credit Bank of Moscow as the top Russian lender in its first ever list of the World's Best banks.
Raiffeisen, Dutch lenders caught up in allegations of laundering Russian money
Shares of various European lenders came under selling pressure following allegations that they may have been caught up in or actively participated in helping to launder illicit monies from Russian clients.
US manufacturing activity cools in February and worse may be yet to come
US manufacturing activity cooled last month, according to the most widely-followed survey of conditions in that sector, with some economists warning that "worse is probably yet to come".