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By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA – Colombia’s central bank could hike its benchmark interest rate to 9% at its meeting next week, maintaining rate-increase intensity amid persistent inflation while reaching the …

Baltimore, MD – Police in Baltimore have released a photo of possible suspects identified as ‘persons of interest’ related to a June 25th early morning shooting death on South Hanover …

By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s near 20% stake in Occidental Petroleum has some investors expecting the billionaire to eventually absorb the oil producer and turn it into a …

By Andrea Shalal and Marc Jones NUSA DUA, Indonesia – China is a “very important” creditor of Sri Lanka and it would likely be in the interest of both countries …

SANTIAGO – Chile’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 9.75% on Wednesday, from 9.0% previously, and said it expected more rate hikes would be necessary as it looks …

NEW YORK – Short interest on the Nasdaq dipped 0.4% in late June, the exchange said late on Tuesday. As of Nov. 30, short interest fell to about 13.174 billion …

SAO PAULO – Nubank Holdings Ltd’s announcement that Brazilian customers’ deposits will not yield interest in the first 30 days was seen by analysts as an important step toward reducing …

HONG KONG – Chinese property developer Ronshine China Holdings Ltd has not made interest payments on its June 2023 and December 2023 notes, totalling $27.9 million, in the latest blow …

LIMA – Peru’s central bank boosted borrowing costs on Thursday with a 12th consecutive hike of its key interest rate to reach 6.0%, as the bank struggles to tamp down …

SEOUL – South Korea’s finance ministry and central bank said on Monday they had agreed to cooperate in minimizing adverse risks of rising interest rates on vulnerable households and businesses. …

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WARSAW – Polish banks will be taxed more if they don’t offer clients higher interest on their deposits, the leader of Poland’s ruling party said on Saturday, intensifying government pressure …

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – Two of Australia’s biggest home lenders jacked up fixed-rate home loans in line with increases to their own borrowing costs, spokespeople told Reuters, adding to …

BRASILIA – Brazil’s federal public debt rose 2.01% in May from the month before, with the average costs of domestic debt issuance jumping to the highest level in five years …

(Reuters) -Egypt’s central bank kept its overnight interest rates unchanged on Thursday, saying that for the next six months it would tolerate elevated inflation, caused mainly by the Ukrainian conflict, …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve should raise interest rates above 3% by the end of this year and then reassess how much more it needs to do to bring …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday that it has charged Egan-Jones Ratings Co. and its chief executive with conflict of interest violations. Without admitting …

BERLIN – Finance Minister Christian Lindner warned that interest charges on Germany’s public debt could reach 30 billion euros next year due to rising interest rates and growing debt levels, …

OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said his government was watching rising interest rates “with concern,” when asked about the impact higher borrowing costs are having on …

KYIV – Ukraine’s central bank said the situation in the war with Russia will determine whether its key interest rate can be cut from the current level of 25% or …

BERLIN – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Monday welcomed the European Central Bank’s indication last week that it would deliver next month its first interest rate hike since 2011. …

(Reuters) -Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina gave a news conference after the central bank cut its key interest rate to 9.5% on Friday. Nabiullina spoke in Russian. The quotes …

LONDON – Citibank says it expects the Swiss National Bank to hike its key rate by 25 basis points when it meets next week. Swiss inflation rose in May by …

LIMA – Peru’s central bank raised the country’s benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5% on Thursday, the eleventh consecutive hike, as authorities in the copper-producing Andean nation …

By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s benchmark interest rate is likely to be hiked another 200 basis points next week, analysts polled by Reuters estimated, as the central bank …