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The IMF chief said that any recalibration of policies should be led by evidence. And right now, the evidence points to the need for governments to keep up their fight against inflation.

"The softened U.S. dollar and the strong rebound in risk assets lifted oil prices, the rebounding momentum may continue into today's Asian session," said Tina Teng, an analyst at CMC Markets.

In total, the index swung 5.4 percentage points on the day to close up 2.6%.

French oil major TotalEnergies will be the first major test of energy investor interest for new listings.

Some investors speculate the BOJ could tweak YCC and allow Japanese yields to rise more to moderate the pace of yen falls.

The extension was announced by US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday. Last month, President Joe Biden said in an interview that "the pandemic is over," which prompted criticism from health experts.

While the filing said he was under investigations, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes was and which federal authorities are conducting them.

Wall Street futures ticked higher on Thursday, ahead of a closely watched U.S. inflation report that could offer clues on how successful the Federal Reserve has been in its battle against decades-high inflation.

Easyjet warns of another annual loss

Inter IKEA, franchiser for the world's biggest home furnishing brand, said sales at all IKEA stores and online grew 6.5% in the 12 months through August, or 3.5% measured in local currencies, to 44.6 billion euros ($43.3 billion).

The Green Party, which runs the ministry, has long advocated taking a harder line on China and Habeck said last month that Germany would adopt a tougher approach on trade.

Delta said Hurricane Ian, which led to mass flight cancellation last month, hurt earnings by three cents a share.

AI can go awry in many ways. Most well known is that training data skewed along race or other lines can prompt unfairly biased predictions.

Getting supplies of everything flowing more freely again is key for the U.S. Federal Reserve, which hopes that will help pull down inflation.

Financial conditions have undergone a rapid tightening this year and have plenty of room to get even more restrictive, new Bank of America data says.

Total consumption in Europe fell in September by 4.3% against the 2015-2021 average for the same time of year, according to Reuters calculations using ENTSOE's data.

Japanese policymakers have so far remained coy about the likely size of the planned stimulus spending, although some lawmakers have floated ball-park figures around 30 trillion yen.

The warning from the agency highlights a rift with Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter and OPEC's de facto leader.

The Kremlin's mobilisation has brought uncertainty and chaos to businesses already hard-hit by sanctions and still recovering from the fallout of the pandemic.

RBI's inflation projections in the MPR are based on its economic model but the extreme weather conditions have made food price volatility hard to predict, said economists.

Thirty-year gilt yields dropped 13 basis points on the day to 4.76% at 0807 GMT, after hitting a high of 5.1% on Wednesday, according to Refinitiv data.

Recruitment events were held in the Philippines, India and other countries at the end of September, the spokesperson said.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) flagged on Thursday challenges from rising inflationary costs next year and cut its capital expenditure for 2022 to around $36 billion.

Israel's Redefine Meat has struck a partnership with importer Giraudi Meats to drive European distribution of its "New Meat" steak cuts produced on 3D printers, it said on Thursday.

Shares in Toshiba Corp on Thursday surged on a report that a domestic investor-led group was looking at a $19 billion bid - a potential deal that would likely lead to foreign activist shareholders being bought out after years of tension.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday appealed to international donors to increase their financial support, saying more money was needed to rebuild schools and homes destroyed by months of Russian bombardment.

Australia wants to strike an "ambitious" security treaty with neighbour Papua New Guinea that will see navy, airforce and army personnel from each nation working alongside each other more often, Defence Minister Richard Marles said in Port Moresby on Thursday.

The head of European planemaker Airbus on Wednesday reaffirmed a target of delivering a total of 700 aircraft in 2022 - a task he said was necessary to reach a separate monthly production target of 65 narrowbody jets in early 2024.

Qantas Airways Ltd surprised the market with a stronger-than-expected profit forecast on Thursday that underscored how Asian airlines are recovering from the pandemic at vastly different paces as demand rebounds.