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(Bloomberg) -- Covid-19 flare-ups, diminished policy support, and lingering supply-chain bottlenecks will see the global economic recovery cool more than previously estimated in 2022, after last year’s expansion clocked the fastest post-recession pace in eight decades, the World Bank said.

(Bloomberg) -- An omicron outbreak in China is sending jitters through supply chains as manufacturers and shippers brace for disruption inside the world’s-biggest trading nation if it can’t contain the fast-spreading variant.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- For good or bad, the future of the euro will probably be decided this year.

(Bloomberg) -- Ghana’s inflation rate jumped to the highest level in almost five years in December, underscoring the dilemma the central bank faces in trying to balance its efforts to curb price growth and boost the economy.   Annual inflation accelerated to 12.6% from 12.

(Bloomberg) -- The amount of government bonds hitting the private sector is set to swell in 2022, adding pressure on yields to rise further as investors across most major markets absorb much larger helpings of debt.

(Bloomberg) -- Uruguay’s central bank will keep raising interest rates in the coming months and may even implement a contractionary monetary policy to bring inflation expectations to the 3% to 6% target, according to its top policy maker.

(Bloomberg) -- India’s benchmark yield jumped to the highest in two years as demand for bonds at recent auctions dwindled amid concern over the central bank’s consistent sales of the nation’s debt in the secondary market. The 10-year bond yield rose five basis points to 6.

(Bloomberg Opinion) --   Ain’t Nothing Going On But the Rent The next episodes of the great inflation running story are already set.

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