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Mar 31 2021, 2:32 PM March 30 2021, 10:30 AM March 31 2021, 2:32 PM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Italy is in line to receive the biggest handout from the European Union’s pandemic recovery funds. Anyone who’s followed the country’s fortunes in recent years will be forgiven for shrugging: The euro zone’s third-largest economy has a history of failing to spend far smaller disbursements because of its hopeless state bureaucracy. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Italy is in line to receiv...

Pragmatism May Allow Turkey and Egypt to Mend Fences Mar 11 2021, 11:13 AM March 10 2021, 10:30 AM March 11 2021, 11:13 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Turkey’s government is seeking a thaw in relations with the Arab world after a long cold spell. Ankara seems especially keen on improving ties with Cairo. Ibrahim Kalin, the spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told Bloomberg: “A new chapter can be opened, a new page can be turned in our relationship with Egypt as well as othe...

Mar 25 2021, 2:51 PM March 24 2021, 4:29 PM March 25 2021, 2:51 PM (Bloomberg) -- Global warming may force central banks to keep interest rates low. (Bloomberg) -- Global warming may force central banks to keep interest rates low. Sweden’s Riksbank, the world’s oldest central bank, warned on Wednesday that rising temperatures mean monetary policy can’t ignore the fallout of carbon emissions. “If climate change increases the risk of catastrophe, makes economic developments mo...

Apr 02 2021, 3:20 PM April 02 2021, 3:34 AM April 02 2021, 3:20 PM (Bloomberg) -- U.S. equity futures rose ahead of data expected to show the biggest increase in jobs in five months. Most other markets were closed for Good Friday. (Bloomberg) -- U.S. equity futures rose ahead of data expected to show the biggest increase in jobs in five months. Most other markets were closed for Good Friday. The labor report for March has the potential to roil the bond market when trading will be thin during a ...

Apr 06 2021, 4:20 AM April 02 2021, 5:34 AM April 06 2021, 4:20 AM (Bloomberg) -- China’s government bonds outpaced their competitors in the first quarter as their haven status helped them stand out as a bulwark amid the global slump. Japan’s securities led developed nations, though still handing investors a narrow loss. (Bloomberg) -- China’s government bonds outpaced their competitors in the first quarter as their haven status helped them stand out as a bulwark amid the global ...

Japan Startup That Turns Stone Into Grocery Bags Gets Green Loan Apr 01 2021, 5:47 PM April 01 2021, 2:09 PM April 01 2021, 5:47 PM (Bloomberg) -- A Japanese startup that makes plastic and paper alternatives from limestone has got a green loan as it pushes to expand production. (Bloomberg) -- A Japanese startup that makes plastic and paper alternatives from limestone has got a green loan as it pushes to expand production. TBM Co., based in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district, has secured 3.62 ...

New Zealand Says Deal Is Close for Australia Travel Corridor Mar 18 2021, 11:09 AM March 18 2021, 2:24 AM March 18 2021, 11:09 AM (Bloomberg) -- (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand and Australia are close to agreeing terms for a quarantine-free travel corridor, New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson said. “There’s a few issues still to talk through, including what we do in the event that there is an outbreak, how we manage people who aren’t in their home country at that time,...

Mar 18 2021, 5:55 PM March 18 2021, 3:20 PM March 18 2021, 5:55 PM (Bloomberg) -- Moody’s Investors Service raised its outlook for Vietnam to positive from negative and affirmed the country’s long-term credit rating at Ba3, citing fiscal consolidation and an improving economy. (Bloomberg) -- Moody’s Investors Service raised its outlook for Vietnam to positive from negative and affirmed the country’s long-term credit rating at Ba3, citing fiscal consolidation and an improving...

Archegos Carries a Warning For Europes Financial Ambitions Apr 01 2021, 9:04 PM April 01 2021, 4:05 PM April 01 2021, 9:04 PM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- You can almost hear the relief in Brussels that the latest financial crisis, the blowup of Bill Hwang’s family office Archegos, has passed it by. That doesn’t mean the next one will. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- You can almost hear the relief in Brussels that the latest financial crisis, the blowup of Bill Hwang’s family office Archegos,...

Mar 18 2021, 9:43 AM March 17 2021, 2:08 PM March 18 2021, 9:43 AM (Bloomberg) -- India’s government is likely to leave the inflation targeting band for its central bank unchanged, according to people familiar with the matter, while policy makers remain focused on rising prices amid the rebound from the pandemic. (Bloomberg) -- India’s government is likely to leave the inflation targeting band for its central bank unchanged, according to people familiar with the matter, while policy m...