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Singapore: CPI (+3.6% year on year) and 2013 Budget (Growth forecast 1-3%); Mexico: GDP; UK: Nationwide house prices
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Obama presses for late rethink on cuts

Obama today ©Reuters

Pressure on Republicans over sequestration

From WORLD 12:47pm

Prudence set to win India’s budget battle

India-politics-budget,FOCUS by Penny MacRae (FILES) This file photo taken on February 22, 2013 shows Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram arriving at Parliament in New Delhi. India's finance minister will present a belt-tightening budget on February 28, 2013 in an attempt to win back investor confidence -- steering clear of populist measures even though polls loom, analysts say ©AFP
From WORLD 12:38pm

S Korean grocers threaten Japan boycott

Small businesses vent anger over disputed East Sea islands

12:04pm

Scientists claim 72 is the new 30

Life expectancy rises faster since 1900 than previous 200 millennia

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Markets volatile on Italy poll uncertainty

Euro and Rome’s bonds pare gains after mixed exit polls

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Youths clash with police during a protest against Mario Monti’s visit to Bologna ©Reuters

Austerity obstructs economic reform. Article of faith means different things to different believers

Gavyn Davies

The Japanese national flag flies atop the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo ©Bloomberg

Challenges for new BoJ governor. Japan seems to have a chance of escaping the liquidity trap

From WORLD 12:21pm

Questions over Indonesian minister’s move

Plan to send finance minister to central bank raises uncertainty

From MARKETS 12:08pm

Sterling hits two-year low after downgrade

Bets against pound grow, CFTC data show

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mohammed Morsi speaks during a press conference ©AP Global Insight from WORLD 5:31pm

Egypt needs more than an IMF loan

Genuine political consensus is crucial to implementing reforms

Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan. Mr Kuroda, a potential candidate to head Japan’s central bank, signaled that he favors greater monetary stimulus by the Bank of Japan this year. ©Bloomberg From WORLD Feb 24, 2013

Kuroda emerges as BoJ frontrunner

ADB president likely to win Tokyo nomination

Nicos Anastasiades ©AFP EU ECONOMY 7:35pm

Cyprus victor vows to finalise bailout

Anastasiades to resume talks with international lenders

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