By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU -Nepal is tightening imports of cars, gold and cosmetics as its foreign exchange reserves have fallen, a central bank official said on Monday, after the government…
BRUSSELS – European Union countries are likely to agree to allow millions of Ukrainian refugees to exchange their currency, the hryvnia, into currencies used in the EU over the next…
– The introduction of capital controls in Russia was a forced decision, the central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Friday, after keeping its key interest rate unchanged at 20%.…
– President Vladimir Putin gave the central bank rights to determine size of foreign currency operations with non-residents, including limiting FX purchases by foreigners on the Russian domestic market, a…
– The Russian central bank is expected to hold its key interest rate unchanged at 20% on Friday after a sharp emergency rate hike in late February designed to support…
LIMA – A greater supply of dollars from the mining sector in Peru – the world’s No. 2 copper producer – is pushing up the local sol currency, which has…
– Russia has a system that can replace the SWIFT international payments system internally, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Monday, stressing the need to support clients of banks.…
– The Russian central bank, which raised its key rate to 20% in an emergency move, did not carry out foreign currency interventions on Monday due to the latest Western…
MOSCOW – Clients’ funds held by Russian banks that were hit with new Western sanctions are secure and are not affected by the sanctions, Deputy Central Bank Governor Vladimir Chistyukhin…
MOSCOW – The Russian central bank on Friday told lenders to consider postponing dividends and bonus payments to managers, as it announced measures to ease regulatory requirements for the sector.…
MOSCOW – The Russian central bank on Thursday said it would hold a “fine-tuning” repo auction on Feb. 25 with a limit of 2 trillion roubles ($23.03 billion), as it…
MOSCOW – The Russian central bank widened the Lombard List of collateral it agrees to take in exchange for provide banks with liquidity and also lowered rating requirements, expanding refinancing…
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s parliament on Monday extended a law that lifts banking secrecy regulations to facilitate a forensic audit of the country’s central bank, a key condition for foreign aid…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA – Inflation estimates for Colombia this year rose and predictions of interest rate rises quickened among analysts polled in a central bank survey. The 40 analysts…
LIMA – Peru’s economy is expected to have stayed above pre-pandemic levels in December and January, due to the recovery of internal demand and a record in exports, despite lower…