LONDON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund faces tough choices on how to deal with Pakistan after the February election and how to assess the country’s debt situation, a former…
By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian central bank’s simultaneous purchase and sale of U.S. dollars in recent weeks has puzzled bankers, who speculate there may be multiple objectives…
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s central bank is expected to hold its key rate steady at a fourth straight policy meeting on Tuesday, with inflation forecast to start…
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish opposition parties want to launch an attack on the independence of the central bank by putting its governor before a state tribunal, the prime minister said…
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Friday that the increased level of concern among policymakers about the external scenario has not changed to the extent…
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Five weeks into Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israelis are spending less but a recovery may have begun after a steep drop…
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Analysts polled by Argentina’s central bank raised their estimate for annual inflation for this year to 185.0%, the bank said on Monday, up from last month’s…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s central bank said on Tuesday that upside risks to inflation had strengthened over the past months, heightening uncertainty about a precise path for inflation. The…
By Rachel Savage and Jorgelina do Rosario MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – Kenya is planning to buy back up to a quarter of its $2 billion 2024 international bond before year-end…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank monetary policy director said on Thursday that the current strength of the U.S. economy, demanding higher interest rates for longer, stands as a central…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan will hold her first meetings with international investors since taking the job at the annual IMF forum in Marrakech on…
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s monetary policy committee is widely expected to keep key rates on hold when it announces its decision on Friday but the recent uptick…
By Fabricio de Castro SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s current pace of interest rate cuts is “appropriate” for the moment, central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said, after the monetary…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Friday that inflation expectations are not aligned with official goals, and signaled they may not be anchored if…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian central bank sees stabilising core inflation, which excludes food and fuel prices, as a sign of easing price pressures in the economy. Vegetable prices eased…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s tax-adjusted core inflation slowed to an annual 15.2% in August from 17.5% in July, the central bank said on Friday. The bank said a decline in…
By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India has been frequently intervening in the non-deliverable forward (NDF) market to make sure that the rupee does not drop…
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s central bank on Wednesday lowered the top end of its estimate for the country’s economic performance in 2023, saying it now forecasts gross domestic product (GDP) to…
By Siddhi Nayak, Jaspreet Kalra and Shivangi Acharya MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s central bank is nudging local banks to ask their clients to settle trade between the United Arab…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank said on Thursday it would keep liquidity reasonably ample and keep its policy “precise and forceful” to support the country’s economic recovery, amid rising…
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s suspended central bank governor Godwin Emefiele will appear in a high court in Abuja on Thursday, when he is expected to enter a…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday that improving public revenue would anchor inflation expectations in line with official targets, paving the way for…
By Orhan Coskun and Karin Strohecker ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) – Turkish Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek will attend a meeting with investors being held by…
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Investors flocked to stocks and bonds in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America global research said in a report on Friday citing EPFR…
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank is expected to raise its policy rate by 500 basis points to 20% this week, a Reuters poll showed on Monday,…