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Added on the 09/10/2015 15:07:02 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Third-quarter growth figures from the United States and Britain will be scrutinised by financial markets this week, along with a raft of key earnings reports from tech companies and banks. Hayley Platt reports.
The U.S. economy's readiness - or not - for an interest rate rise is likely to once again take the global economic spotlight in the coming week, just a month before the U.S. presidential election. And many will also be watching the British pound - which took a pasting last week. Ciara Lee reports.
Britain's pound slumps to a three-decade low largely thanks to more home-grown Brexit worries. As David Pollard reports, it sent stocks up, with the FTSE 100 topping 7,000 for the first time in more than a year.
Shares hit pause and the dollar lost ground against the yen as investors awaited the outcome of Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan meetings. As David Pollard reports, they're both dealing with very different dilemmas.
Fed Governor Lael Brainard warned against removing support for U.S. economy. Bobbi Rebell reports.