BRASILIA (Reuters) – Private economists now expect Brazil’s central bank to start cutting rates in November rather than September, a bank survey showed on Monday, after policymakers alerted last week…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka is committed to meeting all its debt repayments and is hoping to complete debt restructuring negotiations in the next six months, the country’s…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s central bank on Monday raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 17% in a bid…
By Divya Chowdhury and Lisa Pauline Mattackal DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Kenya’s central bank expects inflation to fall within its target range during the first quarter of 2023 and is…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian government bought back bonds maturing in 2024 from the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday, while also issuing bonds maturing in 2032 worth a similar…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Bank of Russia could raise interest rates in 2023 if inflationary risks such as labour shortages and import restrictions have a meaningful impact, Deputy Governor Alexei…
(Reuters) – Futures for Canada’s main stock index were flat on Monday, with investors on the sidelines as they brace for a week of key interest rate decisions from major…
By Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron on Tuesday warned lawmakers not to interfere with monetary policy decisions, and said the “magic solutions” they…
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Deputy Central Bank Governor Kateryna Rozhkova said on Thursday inflation in the war-torn country would hit 30% by year-end and stay elevated next year. However, tight…
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto emphatically defended the need for fiscal balance on Friday, following statements by leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that soured…
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s economy is expected to grow 4.3% in 2022, its central bank said on Monday, an upgrade to an earlier projection from boosts expected in…
BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will launch the pilot for a central-bank-backed digital rupee for the wholesale segment on Nov. 1, it said on Monday, identifying…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s partial mobilisation is having a negative impact on consumer and entrepreneurial confidence, while also posing new challenges for small and medium-sized companies, Russian central bank analysts…
By Swati Bhat and Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee may lean more on data in deciding the key interest rate going ahead…
By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank has been consistently missing its inflation projections over the last two and half years mainly due to extreme weather conditions that…
By Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) – Targeted credit policies adopted by Turkey’s central bank have this year enabled small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to grab their highest ever share of…
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government running higher state budget deficits would hamper the central bank’s efforts to tame inflation, Governor Ales Michl wrote on Monday. The Czech government plans…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian government is aiming to raise at least 280 billion Indian rupees ($3.40 billion) through the sale of bonds on Friday. The Reserve Bank of India…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s central bank is likely to maintain interest rates on Thursday in an effort to get a grip on inflation which has remained…
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The weakening Malaysian ringgit, which is at its lowest since 1998, was not a reflection of the state of the nation’s economy, its central bank governor…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars via state-run banks on Friday after the rupee extended losses to hit a record low, three traders told Reuters.…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said that policymakers aren’t focusing on monetary easing at the moment as the priority remains on bringing back inflation to…
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate this month to 10.5% from 9.75%, a central bank poll of traders showed on Thursday, as the world’s…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank has been “quite aggressive” in raising interest rates, with much of that policy shift still to impact the economy, its head said on Friday,…
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank is expected to raise its base interest rate by 100 basis points to 11.75% next Tuesday, with more hikes to come…