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FOREX-Dollar up vs euro after German vote on spending surge
German parliament approves Merz's historic spending surgeCentral bank meetings this week focus on forward guidanceBy Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the euro on Tuesday as Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tues...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
FOREX-Dollar up vs euro after German vote on spending surge
German parliament approves Merz's historic spending surgeCentral bank meetings this week focus on forward guidanceBy Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the euro on Tuesday as Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tuesday ...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
Russia to revive privatisation drive with seven large stake sales
Russian finance ministry to revive privatisation driveStakes in seven large firms up for sale in 2026, ministry saysMinistry eyes $1.2 bln from sales of assets seized in courtRussia has picked up pace of domestic assets seizures this yearBy Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow March 18 (Reuters...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
Putin promises tough road back for Western businesses that 'slammed door defiantly' on Russia
By Dmitry Antonov and Darya KorsunskayaMOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - Western companies that "slammed the door defiantly" when they left Russia will not be allowed to buy back the businesses they quit for small amounts of money or fill niches that local businesses have taken, President Vladimi...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
Putin promises tough road back for Western businesses that left Russia
MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - Western companies that left Russia will not be allowed to return for small amounts of money or into niches that local businesses have successfully filled, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Putin said he had asked the government to keep an eye on Western companies...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield climbs
The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Tuesday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed. The loonie CAD= was trading 0% lower at C$1.429 to the greenback, or 69.98 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.4271 to 1.4307.Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR ros...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
Euro hits five-month high before German vote on massive spending surge
March 18 (Reuters) - The euro hit its highest levels in more than five months against the dollar on Tuesday, as the German parliament was set to vote on a massive surge in borrowing that could boost growth across the euro area's largest economy and the wider region.Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
Russian finance ministry plans to revive mass privatisation drive
Russian finance ministry to revive mass privatisation planStakes in seven large firms up for sale in 2026, ministry saysMinistry eyes $1.2 bln from sales of assets seized in courtRussia has picked up pace of domestic assets seizures this yearBy Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow March 18 (Reu...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
Chile's GDP up 0.4% in Q4 from previous quarter
SANTIAGO, March 18 (Reuters) - Chile's gross domestic product grew 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024 from the previous three-month period, central bank data showed on Tuesday, while economists in a Reuters poll expected a 0.5% expansion.The Andean nation's economy was up 4.0% in the fourth ...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
MORNING BID AMERICAS-US stocks stabilise as Europe keeps surging
By Mike Dolan LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets todayBy Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial MarketsU.S. stocks stabilised for the second day on Monday, as details of the February U.S. retail sales report calmed some of the worst fears a...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
CEE MARKETS-Currencies little changed ahead of Putin-Trump call outcome
WARSAW, March 18 (Reuters) - The Hungarian forint fell slightly after setting a fresh multi-month high on Tuesday, as investors eyed U.S.-Russian talks on Ukraine and the dollar traded at its weakest to the euro since early November.U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladi...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
RPT-COLUMN-Maybe BoE should 'cut through the noise': Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - In a week when major central banks are expected to remain static, caught in a storm of disruptive U.S. policymaking, the Bank of England may be the one with most reason to cut to the chase.Monetary policymakers face a potential double whammy from U.S. Pr...Reuters
Tue, Mar 18
