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Bank after central bank eased rates or pumped stimulus into the economy in 2015 - over 40 of them, in a bid to boost growth, fight deflation, or both. The results, though, are questionable - with many investors asking whether 2016 will be the year when ultra-loose monetary policy is seen to reach the limits of its potential. David Pollard reports
The most 'uncoordinated' global monetary policy in three decades: that's a view taking hold as Russia and Asian central banks embark on an apparent free-for-all of cuts - while their counterparts in the US and UK appear in stasis. Kirsty Basset reports.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes for talks the leaders of five Central Asia countries (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan) at the Chancellery. IMAGES
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns that if central banks move too aggressively to tamp down price pressures, it could trigger a "prolonged" economic downturn. SOUNDBITE
New Delhi, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Indian Youth Congress workers held a protest Thursday near the parliament house against the prime minister's Modi's government over skyrocketing inflation, growing unemployment, agricultural laws and snooping scandal (Pegasus). (Camera: HARISH TYAGI).SHOT LIST: INDIAN YOUTH CONGRESS (IYC) ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.