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(Anatole Kaletsky is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Anatole Kaletsky May 17 (Reuters) - The 3.5 percent gross domestic product growth announced by Tokyo on Wednesday suggests that Japan may be the fastest-growing economy in the...

By Mike Dolan LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The world's major central banks may be shifting their tone subtly from "whatever it takes" to "we can only do so much". Financial markets supercharged this year by the extraordinary monetary stimuli of the top...

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's major central banks may be shifting their tone subtly from "whatever it takes" to "we can only do so much". Financial markets supercharged this year by the extraordinary monetary stimuli of the top four central banks are...

* Dollar index claws higher, hovers near 10-month peak * San Francisco Fed's Williams says Fed may end QE this year * Nikkei and Chinese shares rise; Philippine equities sag * MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan edges lower By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE, May...

By Sam Forgione and Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Bond investor and co-founder of DoubleLine Capital LP, Jeffrey Gundlach fancies himself as more than just a fixed-income guru, making successful predictions on everything from shares in...

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average may pull back slightly on Friday after Wall Street weakened overnight, but the market is on track to log its second-straight weekly gain on the back of a depressed yen and optimism over the earnings...

By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Investors in funds based in the United States poured $8.9 billion into stock funds in the latest week, the most in nine weeks as the S&P 500 continued to hit new record highs, data from Thomson Reuters'...

SINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - Gold edged up on Friday as stock markets paused after rally, but the metal was still on track for its worst weekly decline in a month as investors cut exposure to bullion, sending holdings in exchange-traded funds to the...

* Dollar index claws higher, hovers near 10-month peak * San Francisco Fed's Williams says Fed may end QE this year * Nikkei pares earlier losses; Philippine shares sag * MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan edges lower By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE, May 17...

* Euro slides 0.2 against dollar on rate cut talk * European shares steady near multi-year highs * Euro zone inflation data to reinforce policy easing view By Richard Hubbard LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - The euro slipped against the dollar and German...

* Euro slides 0.1 against dollar after weak euro zone inflation * Data reinforces expectations of monetary policy easing * European shares dip but still near multi-year highs * Japanese growth spurt 'proves Abenomics is working' By Richard Hubbard...