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Take Five: Bangkok blues

Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Friday, October 9, 2026 at 6:39 AM · 1 min read
Take Five: Bangkok blues — KFGO, Crystal Real Estate news
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LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) The IMF-World Bank meetings take place in Bangkok against a backdrop of high energy costs and rising central bank rates, while the latest US and China data, Wall Street earnings and turbulent bond markets point to a packed week ahead. Here s all you need to know about what s coming up in financial markets by Tatiana Bautzer and Lewis Krauskopf in New York, Rocky Swift ​in Tokyo, and Marc Jones and Dhara Ranasinghe in London. 1/ IMF S ASIA GETAWAY The IMF and World Bank annual meetings go on tour to ‌Bangkok next week with three themes front and centre: growth, debt and geopolitics. Market focus is on Tuesday s updated IMF World Economic Outlook given the Iran war has already forced two cuts to its global GDP forecast this year. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has signalled it won t make easy reading given sky-high energy prices, record public debt and tetchy bond markets. Fractured and fractious geopolitics, including conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, w

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