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EUR/GBP on the brink as ECB-BoE policy divergence widens again

The euro/British pound (EUR/GBP) currency pair could be on the verge of a breakdown after the European Central Bank’s policy decision on Thursday. While the central bank’s plan to end quantitative easing programme at the end of the year was a hawkish development, investors had already priced in that decision. …read more From:: Resource Investor

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Central Banks recap and week ahead: Speeches, BoE, SNB and OPEC

This week has all been about major central bank meetings and as we had anticipated last week, it was indeed the European Central Bank that caused the most market impact with its decision. The euro/U.S. dollar (EUR/USD) currency pair almost fell 300 pips from its high on Thursday and European stocks rallied sharply after the

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South Africa’s new mining charter to credit past black deals

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — South Africa will give mining companies credit for past black-empowerment deals even when the investors later sold their shares to whites or foreigners, removing a major concern for the industry. The country’s new Mining Charter, which is aimed at distributing South Africa’s mineral wealth more widely, will apply the “once

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