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Irish central bank expects lenders to make early provisions over loan breaks
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's central bank said on Thursday it expected lenders to set aside a prudent overall provision for tens of thousands of coronavirus-related loan breaks, before such provisions...
Apr 30, 2020
Brazil’s unemployment jumps to 12.2% pct, official warns it could double
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's unemployment rate rose to 12.2% in the three months through March, statistics agency IBGE said on Thursday, marking the biggest rise in three years even...
Apr 30, 2020
Britain scraps sales tax on personal protective equipment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will temporarily scrap sales tax on purchases of essential personal protective equipment, the finance ministry said on Thursday, seeking to ease the finances of care homes, ...
Apr 30, 2020
Nissan plans to restart output at UK’s biggest car factory in June
LONDON (Reuters) - Nissan will restart phased production in early June at its northern English Sunderland factory, Britain's biggest car plant, as the sector tries to resume operations amid the corona...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. economy may not need more stimulus to weather coronavirus hit: White House official
By Reporting by Timothy Ahmann; Editing by Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may be able to weather the hit from the coronavirus with the stimulative policies already in the pipelin...
Apr 30, 2020
Fast-food chicken demand nears pre-pandemic levels -Pilgrim’s Pride
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicken demand from U.S. quick service restaurants has bounced back to near where it was before the coronavirus outbreak caused consumers to isolate themselves at home, poultry com...
Apr 30, 2020
Latin America wrestles with reopening as coronavirus peak looms
By Gabriel Stargardter, Pedro Fonseca and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda RIO DE JANEIRO/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Last week, a mall in southern Brazil laid out a red carpet and welcomed back a stream of masked c...
Apr 30, 2020
South Africa’s tax revenue down $711 million, to worsen once COVID-19 relief measures commence
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's tax commissioner said on Thursday year-to-date revenue collection was already down 13 billion rand ($711 million), and was likely get "significantly worse" once co...
Apr 30, 2020
In Spain’s market gardens, migrants left jobless under coronavirus lockdown
By Juan Medina NIJAR, Spain (Reuters) - In shanty towns outside the polythene-covered market gardens of Almeria in southern Spain, doctors' charity "Medicos del Mundo" provides health checks and food ...
Apr 30, 2020
Fed to expand reach of ‘Main Street’ lending program
By Howard Schneider and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday widened a key program to nurse the "Main Street" economy through the coronavirus pandemic, agreeing...
Apr 30, 2020
