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Friday, 12 March 2010
     
 

MIXED NEWS ON U.S. JOBS, TRADE

Only slightly fewer U.S. workers filed first-time claims for jobless benefits last week, a sign that the job market's revival remains tenuous, while a separate report showed the U.S. trade gap narrowed in January as exports and imports fell.

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CHINA DATA SPUR TALK OF FURTHER TIGHTENING

Pressure on Beijing to begin raising interest rates and to allow the renminbi to appreciate against the US dollar is set to rise as inflation jumped 2.7 per cent last month from a year before.

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YEN DIPS ON BOJ SPECULATION, DOLLAR SUBDUED BEFORE DATA

The yen dipped on Friday, dented by speculation that the Bank of Japan could further relax its monetary policy in the near term, while the dollar was softer ahead of key U.S. retail sales figures for February.

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EUROPE'S BANKS BRACE FOR UK DEBT CRISIS

UniCredit has alerted investors that Britain is at serious risk of a bond market and sterling debacle and faces deeper woes than Greece.

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SURVEY SHOWS BUILDING CONFIDENCE NUDGING UP

Building confidence nudged up in the first quarter of this year, supported by an upswing in SA’s residential property sector, according to a survey.

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