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  Bangladesh economy off to struggling start in FY20

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on October 20, 2019

  The country’s economy has shown signs of sluggishness in three months (July-September) of the current fiscal year 2019-2020 as all major indicators, except remittance, performed...

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  Oil ebbs as China’s slowest GDP growth in almost three decades stokes demand fears

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on October 19, 2019

  Oil prices slid on Friday on jitters over demand from China after the world’s largest oil importer recorded its weakest quarter of economic growth in...

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  Gold dips on profit-taking

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on October 19, 2019

  Gold prices dipped on Friday as investors booked profit after the European Union forged a new Brexit deal with Britain, though a floor was kept...

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  India to take more steps to boost growth: economic adviser

  Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on October 19, 2019

  India planned to take more steps to boost consumer demand including injecting liquidity through banks and simplifying personal taxes, a top government economic adviser said...

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  China’s GDP growth grinds to near 30-yr low as tariffs hit production

  Reuters . Beijing | Updated at 12:00am on October 19, 2019

  China’s third-quarter economic growth slowed more than expected and to its weakest pace in almost three decades as the bruising US trade war hit factory...

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  Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency faces new hurdle from G7 nations

  Reuters . London/ Washington | Updated at 12:00am on October 19, 2019

  Facebook’s plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency faced a new hurdle on Thursday, when the Group of Seven wealthy nations said that such ‘stablecoins’ should...

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  India to miss fiscal deficit target

  Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on October 18, 2019

  India was likely to miss its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of gross domestic product for the current financial year by 30-50 basis...

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  No plans to ban Facebook’s Libra: ECB’s Coeure

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on October 18, 2019

  Global financial regulators had no plan to ban Facebook’s Libra or other stablecoins, but these digital tokens backed by official currencies would have to meet...

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  India cannot sacrifice economic strength to comply with US sanctions: minister

  Reuters . New York | Updated at 12:00am on October 17, 2019

  India wanted to comply with global sanctions, including US sanctions on Venezuela and Russia, but also needed to maintain its own strength and strategic interests,...

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  China accounts for nearly half global patent filings: UN

  Reuters . Geneva | Updated at 12:00am on October 17, 2019

  China accounted for nearly half of global patent filings last year, with a record 1.54 million applications, led by telecoms and computer technology, the UN’s...