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Dollar demand at 2-month low as Covid fades, yuan stable
Dollar demand at 2-month low as Covid fades, yuan stable

(ATF) Of course, COVID is not fading everywhere. The Anglo-Saxon world appears to have a real love and...

Australia heading for recession after economy contracts
Australia heading for recession after economy contracts

Australia is heading for its first recession in nearly three decades after the economy shrunk in the January-March quarter, with a “far...

Russia unveils ‘modest’ $72-billion virus recovery plan
Russia unveils ‘modest’ $72-billion virus recovery plan

Russia unveiled a $72 billion recovery plan for its economy, which was hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, vowing to...

Markets rise on stimulus hopes, economic data
Global coronavirus bond issuance exceeds $122 billion
China faces an unemployment time bomb
Green bonds get top-level shake-up
China offers A shares to more foreign investors
UK and EU back in the Brexit ring
A Hong Kong dollar peg to the euro instead of the Trump dollar?

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors