Sept 9 (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said.Here is some reaction to the news:U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES"As the United Kingdom's longest-lived and longest-reigning Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II was widely admired for her grace, dignity, and dedication around the world. She was a reassuring presence throughout decades of sweeping change, including the decolonization of Africa and Asia and the evolution of the Commonwealth.

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LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The dollar was on track for its first weekly fall in four on Friday, as a hawkish rate hike from the European Central Bank lifted the euro and investors looked to U.S. inflation data early next week.The dollar lost ground across the board, with the dollar index - which tracks the greenback against six major peers - falling as much as 1.1% on the day. It was last down 0.7% at 108.770 and is set for a 0.8% weekly fall.Among the big gainers was the euro, which leapt as much as 1.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a ceremony at the Monument to the People's Heroes on Tiananmen Square to mark Martyrs' Day, in Beijing, China September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/FilesBEIJING, Oct 25 (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping on Monday called for more global cooperation on problems including terrorism, climate change and cyber security, in a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of China's return to the United Nations.He said China opposes unilateralism, protectionism and zero-sum games.

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Lidar sensor maker Innovusion
said on Monday it had raised $64 million in funding to ramp up
production to supply Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio
Inc's ET7 sedan, which is scheduled to start deliveries
in early 2022...

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Australia's conservative
government will ditch decades of deficit warnings to embrace
billions in new spending in its annual budget on Tuesday, saying
a record shortfall is necessary to "secure" the economic
recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Gold prices were steady on Tuesday as a
retreat in U.S. Treasury yields countered a slight rebound in
the dollar, while investors awaited key data on inflation due
later this week.

FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold was steady at $1,836.26 per ounce by 0134
GMT, after hitting its ...

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BSP policy rate poll data...

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* Philippine economy snapshot: http://tmsnrt.rs/2nZqDWx
(Adds detail, quotes...

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Malaysia's current account
surplus fell to 12.3 billion ringgit ($2.99
billion) in the first quarter from 18.6 billion ringgit in the
previous three months, the Department of Statistics said on
Tuesday...

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Indian shares were on course
to snap a four-session rally on Tuesday as metal stocks
retreated from record highs and financials dipped, with
sentiment taking a hit following declines in Asia on U.S.
inflation worries...

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Indonesia is considering a plan
to tax the trading of cryptocurrencies after a surge in
popularity among local investors, a tax official said on
Tuesday...

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Norway should spend a record amount
of cash from its $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund this year
as it continues to battle the pandemic's economic impact, the
centre-right minority coalition government told parliament on
Tuesday...

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Corporate insolvencies in Germany
fell by 21.8% on the year in February, the Federal Statistics
Office said on Tuesday, continuing a downtrend that saw them hit
their lowest level since 1999 last year thanks to a waiver
during the pandemic...

https://www.reuters.com/article/germany-economy-insolvencies/german-insolvencies-fall-further-in-february-idUSS8N29Q07O

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European stocks retreated from all-time
highs on Friday, with shares of technology, travel and mining
companies among the top losers after worries about rising U.S.
inflation knocked back U.S. indexes...

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Investor sentiment in Germany
surged in May thanks to a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
tailing off, a survey showed on Tuesday, pointing to a
significant upswing in Europe's largest economy in the coming
six months...

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Sweden-based vegan milk maker Oatly is
aiming for a valuation of $10 billion in a U.S. initial public
offering, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath...

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Indian shares rose for a
fourth straight session on Monday as metal stocks climbed
further on strong commodity prices, with Tata Steel
scaling a fresh peak...

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China's yuan jumped to a
3-1/2-month high against the dollar on Monday, underpinned by
broad dollar weakness, as investors continued to assess the
implications for monetary policy of a disappointing U.S.
employment report.
The currency's strength is fuelling speculation the central
bank may step...

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The French economy will return to
its pre-COVID 19 economic levels by the first half of 2022,
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday...

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Japanese shares gained on Monday,
as a strong finish last week on Wall Street boosted risk
appetite, while local investors looked to corporate earnings
from automakers and other major firms for signs of progress in a
pandemic-hit economy...

https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-stocks-close/japanese-shares-end-higher-as-focus-shifts-to-corporate-earnings-idUSL4N2MX1NE

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Israel's economy is recovering
quickly from the COVID crisis but interest rate increases are
some way off given inflation is expected to stay well contained,
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said...

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Overseas investors resumed net
purchases of Chinese government bonds (CGBs) in April following
an unusual drop in March, official data showed on Monday, as the
yuan currency and yield premiums over U.S. debt rose...

https://www.reuters.com/article/china-bonds-holdings/foreigners-lift-china-sovereign-bond-holdings-to-record-in-april-idUSL1N2MX0EL

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Central European stock markets
charged ahead on Monday, with Warsaw's blue-chip index touching
its highest since February 2020, while currencies largely gave
back recent gains.
Stocks followed global equity markets higher on prospects
that interest rates in the United States will remain low and ...

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Longer-dated U.S. Treasury
yields dipped on Monday on the heels of Friday's disappointing
payrolls report as investors eyed data later this week on
inflation and auctions that will bring a burst of supply to the
market.
Yields were whipsawed on Friday in the aftermath of the much
weaker-than-...

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Any move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to
limit its support for the economy because of surging asset
prices would damage the conditions the central bank is helping
create to spur job growth and the help millions still unemployed
due to the pandemic find work, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said
on Tuesday...

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-fed-brainard-assets/brainard-pulling-back-support-due-to-high-stocks-may-hurt-efforts-to-boost-jobs-idUSS0N2LF00J

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(Updates prices, adds details on 3-year auction, Harker
comments)
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK, May 11 - U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Tuesday
as inflation concerns helped drive a sell-off in equity markets
while investors girded for a closely watched reading on consumer
prices on ...

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The governors of Missouri and Tennessee
are joining five other Republican-led states in ending all
federally funded pandemic-related unemployment benefits this
summer, saying the extra money is keeping those out of work from
rejoining the labor force and making it hard for employers to
fill jobs...

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-economy-unemployment/missouri-tennessee-join-u-s-states-cutting-pandemic-payments-idUSL1N2MY37M

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Round-up of South Korean financial
markets:

** South Korean shares fell 1% on Wednesday, as foreigners
continued to sell on inflation worries ahead of U.S. consumer
price index data due later in the day. The won weakened, while
the benchmark bond yield rose.

** The benchmark KOSPI ...

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