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EMERGING MARKETS: Global News Focuses on Israel/Hezbollah Attacks

EMERGING MARKETS
  • FED (MNI): The Federal Reserve's aggressive response to the post-covid surge in inflation helped reinforce public and market expectations that it would not let price pressures get out of control, likely reducing the economic toll of monetary tightening, according to a new paper presented at the Kansas City Fed Jackson Hole conference Saturday.
  • ISRAEL/MIDEAST (RTRS): Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one of the biggest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare.
  • CHINA (BBG): China’s central bank left a key interest rate unchanged, keeping a lid on a bond frenzy as it stays patient in supporting the economy. The People’s Bank of China kept the rate on its one-year policy loans, or the medium-term lending facility, at 2.3%, after a slashing the rate by 20 basis points in July. Meanwhile, the central bank withdrew a net 101 billion yuan ($14 billion) from the banking system this month, as 401 billion yuan of the loans expired on August 15.

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