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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF
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Washington has hit on a promising idea for lowering housing costs: manufactured homes. The challenge is persuading Americans to accept them. Read more: bloom.bg/3S6aIZs
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Nvidia CEO says company is working with LG on humanoid robots and data centers reut.rs/4uq18hA
German Mittelstand flags bureaucracy, energy costs as top risks, report shows reut.rs/4agJohm
Bank of England's Taylor sees rates on hold barring worst-case scenario reut.rs/4xgvVQv
China's global e-commerce push stalls as Iran war lifts costs, dampens demand reut.rs/4uf5lo9
China exports set for strong May on front-loaded orders, chip demand: Reuters poll reut.rs/43mdg8h
Goldman Sachs pushes Fed rate-cut call to 2027 on strong US jobs data reut.rs/4e7vAXP
German industrial orders fall 3.8% in April reut.rs/4vzu8Er
Investors are underestimating the energy transition, Legal & General Group says.
Forecasts for heavy rains in southern China over the next week are raising the risk of flash floods, potentially inundating crops and damaging rice fields.
Forecasts for heavy rains in southern China over the next week are raising the risk of flash floods, potentially inundating crops and damaging rice fields.
Germany's small and medium-sized companies consider bureaucracy, energy prices and regulatory demands to be their biggest risks, according to a 2026 report seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Goldman Sachs expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged through 2026 and delay rate cuts until 2027, it said on Friday, citing stronger economic activity and job growth after a robust payrolls report.
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China's export growth likely strengthened in May, underpinned by a backlog of overseas orders brought forward to pre-empt energy price pressures tied to the Gulf war, alongside sustained global demand for semiconductors and AI-related components.
Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said interest rates at their current level were restrictive for the economy and he did not see the need for an increase to tackle inflationary pressures that have grown as a result of the Iran war.
China's e-commerce export engine is faltering as surging jet fuel costs and weak demand from lower-income consumers in the West linked to the Iran war threaten profits for big online platforms like Temu , Shein and AliExpress .
