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TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia to release the minutes of its August monetary policy meeting 0130 GMT. **BELGRADE- Serbia Central Bank presents inflation report for August- 0600 GMT. WINDHOEK, Namibia- Central Bank of Namibia monetary policy meeting.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Christopher Kent speaks at the Moody's Analytics Forum 2335 GMT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia to release the minutes of its August monetary policy meeting 0130 GMT. WINDHOEK, Namibia- Central Bank of Namibia monetary policy meeting.
*New works must help Peru prepare for extreme weather. LIMA, Aug 10- Peru plans to award at least $6.15 billion in post-flood construction contracts through 2021 in expedited bidding rounds that have already drawn new companies to the country, Peru's reconstruction czar told Reuters Thursday. Pablo de la Flor, tasked with ensuring that infrastructure...
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**LIMA- Peru Central Bank President Julio Velarde is scheduled to be interviewed at the Reuters Latam Summit 2017 1600 GMT. SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Christopher Kent speaks at The Bloomberg Address 2235 GMT. **BELGRADE- National Bank of Serbia interest rate decision- 1000 GMT.
SAO PAULO, Aug 5- South American trade bloc Mercosur suspended Venezuela indefinitely on Saturday, adding more international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to dismantle a newly created pro-government constituent assembly and restore democracy. Foreign ministers of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil announced the decision in Sao Paulo, urging...
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia publishes monetary policy statement- 0130 GMT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 SYDNEY- Assistant Governor at the Reserve Bank of Australia Christopher Kent speaks at The Bloomberg Address, Sydney 2235 GMT. MELBOURNE Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe appears before the House Economics committee- 2330 GMT.
**BUENOS AIRES- UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond visits Argentina on Wednesday and Thursday for meetings with President Mauricio Macri, Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne and Finance Minister Luis Caputo. PRAGUE- Czech National Bank holds Monetary Policy Meeting followed by Statement and presentation- 1100 GMT. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of...
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia holds monetary policy decision meeting- 0430 GMT. PRAGUE- Czech National Bank holds Monetary Policy Meeting. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia publishes monetary policy statement- 0130 GMT.
WASHINGTON, July 30- The Trump administration is considering imposing U.S. sanctions on Venezuela's vital oil sector in response to Sunday's election of a constitutional super-body that Washington has already denounced as a "sham" vote, U.S. officials said. The measures, which could be announced as early as Monday, are not expected to include a ban on Venezuelan...
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia holds monetary policy decision meeting- 0430 GMT. PRAGUE- Czech National Bank holds Monetary Policy Meeting. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia publishes monetary policy statement- 0130 GMT.
MOSCOW- Central Bank of Russia interest rate decision 1030 GMT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia holds monetary policy decision meeting- 0430 GMT. PRAGUE- Czech National Bank holds Monetary Policy Meeting.
BOGOTA/ CARACAS, July 27- Colombian airline Avianca said on Thursday it would suspend flights to and from Venezuela immediately, instead of in mid-August, sparking questions about what caused its accelerated retreat from the crisis-hit socialist nation. The latest commercial carrier to pull out of Venezuela said in a statement it was obliged to cancel the...
BOGOTA, July 26- Avianca said on Wednesday it will suspend flights to and from Venezuela beginning on Aug. 16, amid operational and security difficulties, the latest commercial carrier to pull out of the crisis-hit socialist country. The Colombian airline will cancel its Bogota- Caracas- Bogota and Lima- Caracas- Lima routes, a total of three daily flights,...
LIMA, July 20- The government President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Thursday it has resolved bureaucratic issues that had delayed construction of a $5.66 billion metro line in the capital Lima and a $1.5 billion expansion of the country's main airport. Transportation Minister Bruno Giuffra said on local radio and TV station RPP that work on Line 2 of the...
CAPE TOWN- South African Reserve Bank starts its three-day monetary policy committee meeting. JAKARTA- Indonesia Central Bank board of governors' meeting. JOHANNESBURG- South African Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba makes an address at the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa's networking breakfast on "Working towards financial recovery in South...
SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia to release the minutes of July monetary policy meeting- 0130 GMT. SYDNEY- Alex Heath, Head of Economics Analysis Department at Reserve Bank of Australia, gives speech at the Women in Economics panel at the Australian Conference of Economists, Sydney- 0530 GMT. MELBOURNE- Assistant Governor at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Michele...
SYDNEY- Reserve Bank of Australia to release the minutes of July monetary policy meeting- 0130 GMT. SYDNEY- Alex Heath, Head of Economics Analysis Department at Reserve Bank of Australia, gives speech at the Women in Economics panel at the Australian Conference of Economists, Sydney- 0530 GMT. JAKARTA- Indonesia Central Bank board of governors' meeting.
BUENOS AIRES, July 12- Argentina's President Mauricio Macri blamed Congress on Wednesday for lack of progress on a corruption investigation involving Brazil's Odebrecht SA that has roiled Latin America in recent months. His government banned the company from bidding on new public works projects for a year in a measure published in the official gazette last...
That was especially true in Mexico, where the peso has outperformed all other emerging-market currencies as fears over a U.S. trade war waned. Brazil bucked the trend as a political crisis continued to threaten President Michel Temer's grip on power. Analysts, who were expecting a rockier year for Latin American currencies, did not anticipate the recovery in...
