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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada set the taper ball rolling last week, becoming the first major central bank to cut back on pandemic-era money-printing stimulus programmes. So who’s next?
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
The big guns of central banking - the U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - won’t officially pare stimulus for a while, a message the BOJ reinforced on Tuesday and one the Fed is expected to reiterate on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was mixed against major peers on Tuesday, gaining against the yen and commodity currencies, with investors biding time ahead of a policy decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo
The yen, on the other hand, hardly budged after the Bank of Japan kept its policy on hold.
The safe-haven greenback was largely out of favor for most weeks after world stocks started the week hitting a record high, although a pullback in global equities on Tuesday helped keep it above the recent lows.
Talk looks at local effects of first global pandemic
The way that Warkworth and the surrounding areas were affected during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 is the subject of a talk at Warkworth Museum next month.
Sandspit resident Dr Jenny Collins says her “Living in Extraordinary Times: The experience of a 1918 flu pandemic in Warkworth and Rodney” will focus on how the region dealt with the disease that killed close to 9000 New Zealanders.
She says that while the flu was very different to Covid-19, there are some parallels with the current pandemic – schools were closed and people quickly realised the importance of isolation and hygiene.
Sandy, dusty weather hits north China By LI HONGYANG | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-27 09:03 Share CLOSE A sandstorm engulfs Linze county of Zhangye, Gansu province, on Sunday. The sandstorm is moving eastward and hit much of northern China throughout the week. [Photo by Gao Zhan/China News Service]
Sandy and dusty weather caused by a cold front has come back to North and Northwest China and will affect those regions throughout the week, the National Meteorological Center said on Monday.
The center said that from March 15 to April 16, China experienced four bouts of such weather, the most severe and widespread in nine years.