French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is poised to be appointed to head of the International Monetary Fund after the U.S. joined countries including European Union nations and Russia in supporting her candidacy.
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Wheat tumbled the most in almost three weeks after Russia, once the second-largest exporter, said it will allow grain shipments to resume July 1, alleviating concern over reduced supplies from Europe and the U.S.
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Russia’s central bank unexpectedly raised its overnight deposit rate, signaling it may refrain from tightening monetary policy again as price pressures ebb and the economic recovery remains shaky.
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Russia, once the second-biggest wheat exporter, will let a grain-shipment ban expire on July 1, a move that may fail to ease a global shortage caused by drought and flood damage to European and the U.S. crops.
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Russia, once the world’s second- biggest wheat exporter, will let a grain-export ban expire July 1, increasing supply as drought and flooding threatens crops from Europe to the U.S.
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Russia, once the world’s second- biggest wheat exporter, plans to let a grain-export ban expire July 1 after almost a year, bolstering global supply as drought and flooding threatens crops from Europe to the U.S.
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Russia is seeking to bolster the appeal of variable-rate bonds, a market less than 3 percent the size of Brazil, by introducing a gauge of floating rates as investors look for protection against rising borrowing costs.
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Russian banks sold more than $ 2 billion of dollar-denominated bonds this month, the most since September, after yields sank to records.
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