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With inflation slowing, ECB to cut rates again
With inflation slowing, ECB to cut rates again
Economy
by  AFP

With inflation slowing and the economic outlook darkening, the European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates again Thursday but is unlikely to give much away about its next moves. The Frankfurt-based central bank made its first cut in June, reducing the key deposit rate to 3.75 percent from a record high of four percent.

Pope says migrant workers need 'a fair wage'
Pope says migrant workers need 'a fair wage'
Economy
by  AFP

Pope Francis on Thursday made a plea for migrant workers to be paid fairly, as he visited the affluent city-state of Singapore on the last stop of his marathon Asia-Pacific tour. - 'I'm going to cry' - Singapore is the last stop on the pope's 12-day, four-nation Asia-Pacific trip aimed at boosting the Catholic Church's standing in the world's most populous region.

Asian markets rally with Wall St after US inflation eases further
Asian markets rally with Wall St after US inflation eases further
Economy
by  AFP

A surge in tech firms Thursday helped Asian markets track a Wall Street rally after data showed US inflation at a more than three-year low, reinforcing expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. The spike in Japan's Nikkei was helped by a drop in the yen sparked by expectations US rates will only likely be cut by the smaller amount.