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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian government bought back bonds maturing in 2024 from the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday, while also issuing bonds maturing …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Bank of Russia could raise interest rates in 2023 if inflationary risks such as labour shortages and import restrictions have a …
(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 …
By Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron on Tuesday warned lawmakers not to interfere with monetary policy decisions, and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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, …
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Minutes from Mexico’s central bank Aug. 11 monetary policy meeting published Thursday underscored the possibility of interest rate hikes at future …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s central bank said on Wednesday that its business climate index remained in the positive range for the second month running in …
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s central bank unveiled new measures on Saturday meant to address credit availability including higher reserve requirement collateral for lenders, days after it …
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank said on Thursday it delivered a surprise interest rate cut to drive economic growth and sustain employment amid growing …
TEGUCIGALPA – Honduras’ central bank said in a publication on Thursday that it expects annual inflation for 2022 to reach 10.30% by the year’s close, …
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU – Australia’s central bank will deliver its third consecutive half-point interest rate hike on Tuesday and another in September, playing catch-up …
By Savio Shetty and Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is justified in using the country’s foreign exchange reserves to smooth …
MOSCOW – Consumer prices in Russia declined 0.17% in the week to July 15 after sliding 0.03% a week earlier, data showed on Wednesday, keeping …
(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW – Consumer prices in Russia declined 0.03% …
MOSCOW – The Russian economy is now showing signs of stabilisation, the central bank’s head of monetary policy said on Tuesday, after taking a hit …
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – If estimates that world markets face a record $4 trillion liquidity drain over the next 18 months are even …
LONDON – Russia must reduce its decades-old reliance on exports of raw materials and stimulate private enterprise to avoid slipping back towards a Soviet-style technological …
ISTANBUL – The Turkish central bank has taken steps to increase the weight of lira-denominated assets in the collateral system as part of its currency …
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI – Measures to tighten liquidity are expected to accompany a rise in Indian interest rates on Wednesday, adding upward pressure to …
(Reuters) – The slowdown in Russia’s consumer price growth cannot yet be regarded as sustainable, the country’s central bank said in its review of trends …
(Reuters) – Russia’s central bank on Friday authorised Russian residents to buy shares in companies from “friendly” countries, provided the transactions were denominated in roubles …
MUMBAI – India’s central bank transferred 303.07 billion rupees ($3.91 billion) to the government as a dividend for the fiscal year ending in March 2022 …
BUDAPEST – Hungarian rate-setters voted unanimously to raise the base rate by 100 basis points to 5.4% on April 26, the minutes of the meeting …
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank said on Tuesday it continues to support plans from an independent government body to strengthen climate-related disclosures by the …
(Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Wednesday said it intends to finalise a framework on debt servicing restrictions (DSRs) on residential mortgage …
(Reuters) – Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina will have to deal with a full-scale economic crisis, tackling unprecedented uncertainty stemming from Western sanctions, as …
BRASILIA – Brazil’s central bank said on Wednesday it would resume data release that were suspended due to a strike by its employees, including a …
(Reuters) – The Russian central bank has imposed foreign exchange controls to support liquidity but aims to preserve market pricing principles and a rouble exchange …
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the central bank’s monetary policy is aimed at achieving its 2% inflation target, not at …
(Reuters) – Consumer inflation in Russia will keep on accelerating in annual terms due to base effects, the central bank said on Wednesday, warning that …