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(Bloomberg) -- Chile delivered its biggest interest rate hike since 2001 in a shock decision and signaled borrowing costs will continue to rise higher than many investors had expected amid renewed urgency to drag inflation to target.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- This year's midterm elections will bring the governor seats of 36 states into focus.

(Bloomberg) -- Zambian inflation slowed to an almost two-year low in January, giving the central bank room to leave interest rates on hold next month. Consumer prices rose 15.1% from a year earlier, compared with 16.

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fired the starting gun for potentially the biggest and fastest tightening of global monetary policy in years. His hawkish shift included not ruling out U.S. rate hikes at every meeting for the rest of 2022.

(Bloomberg) -- The German government has pushed for an exemption for the energy sector if there is a move to block Russian banks from clearing U.S. dollar transactions, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

(Bloomberg) -- Foreigners are cutting and running in some key Asian emerging markets amid turbulent trading ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, where policymakers are expected to signal an interest-rate liftoff in March.

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand is considering taxing stock trading for the first time in more than three decades, and making crypto traders part with a share of their profits, as the government hunts for revenue to fund billions of dollars in pandemic relief.

Hong Kong’s zero-tolerance approach could keep the Asian financial hub cut off from most of the world until 2024, according to a draft report by the European Chamber of Commerce in the city.

(Bloomberg) -- Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards unveiled a budget so packed with increased spending on teachers, higher education and construction projects that the once-strapped state accompanied its presentation to the legislature with music from The O’Jays and photos of smiling babies.

(Bloomberg) -- The Swiss government ordered banks to hold additional capital as a buffer against risks posed by the country’s property boom. Banks will be forced to hold an extra 2.