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Turkish June monthly inflation at 0.99%, matches forecast

Turkish consumer price inflation matched expectations in June, with annual inflation easing to 32.11% after two months of faster price growth, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Friday.The monthly reading was 0.99%, matching a Reuters poll forecast, while the annual rate was also…

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How drug gangs use social media to recruit Thai air crew as couriers

By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Panarat ThepgumpanatEarly in the morning on June 18, a message from an unknown account slipped into the TikTok inbox of a flight attendant in Bangkok with a series of questions: "Are you flying to Australia? Do you do carry-for-hire? What is your rate?"The 30-year-old, wh…

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Italy service sector returns to growth as cost pressures ease, PMI shows

Business in Italy's service sector grew marginally in June after three months of contraction, a survey showed on Friday, as cost pressures eased amid signs of de-escalation in the conflict in the Middle East.S&P Global's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 50.2 from May's 49.4, edging above the…

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Tanzania raises key interest rate by 50 basis points

Tanzania's central bank raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 6.25% (TZINTR=ECI) on Friday after inflation accelerated to its highest in three years.In May consumer inflation reached 4.2% in annual terms (TZCPIY=ECI), up from 4.0% in the previous month.It is still within the 3%-5% targ…

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Kenya private sector activity picks up in June, PMI shows

Kenya's private sector activity picked up in June, breaking a run of three previous monthly contractions, a survey showed on Friday.The Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 50.0 in June from 46.6 a month earlier. Readings above 50.0 indicate growth in business activity, while those…

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Japanese firms agree average 5.01% pay hikes, top union group's final tally shows

Japanese companies logged another year of big pay hikes, the nation's largest labour union group said, signalling that sustained pay increases are becoming firmly entrenched to support the world's fourth-latest economy.The final tally of annual labour talk results showed Japanese companies have agr…

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