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Seoul housing boom prompts South Korea’s tighter mortgage rules
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India's Russian oil imports have displeased Trump
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Bulgaria to become 21st eurozone member amid persistent inflation, housing boom
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Indonesia's consumers aren't spending as job market stagnates
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Hong Kong's HIBOR slide and a post-Liberation Day revival of the carry trade
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Analyzing the dollar’s recovery of safe-haven status
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Thailand FX reserve strength means cheaper borrowing versus ASEAN peers
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UK swap rates show market bets on two BOE rate cuts this year
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Japan's inflation-hit voters punish the LDP ahead of Ishiba's trade deal
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US home sales remain sluggish amid elevated mortgage rates
The doldrums persist for the US housing market. Affordability has plunged to its worst level in decades (especially for first-time buyers, as we have highlighted previously).
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Malaysia rate cut was likely influenced by bank liquidity stress
Malaysia's central bank recently loosened monetary policy. While an appreciating currency is lessening the risks of imported inflation, and policymakers want to cushion the economy against Donald Trump's trade war, the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) also probably factored in stresses facing the banking system.
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India's food deflation likely predicts further easing in the CPI – and by the RBI
Indian food prices are getting cheaper by the day. That's important for the overall inflation rate -- and the likelihood of more interest-rate cuts.