China widens commercial property loan uses to ease liquidity
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday said it is widening the uses for commercial property lending by banks in its latest effort to ease a liquidity crunch facing troubled real estate firms.…
New Zealand central bank says liquidity policy review receives support
(Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said on Tuesday that the first stage of the central bank’s review on its liquidity policy had received broad support. The purpose of the…
Liquidity withdrawal expected as India cenbank hikes rates on Wednesday
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI – Measures to tighten liquidity are expected to accompany a rise in Indian interest rates on Wednesday, adding upward pressure to bond yields and increasing the need for…
Egypt state banks sell $16.6 billion in 18% CDs, absorbing post-devaluation liquidity
By Patrick Werr CAIRO – Egypt’s two biggest state banks have sold 303 billion Egyptian pounds ($16.57 billion) in special certificates of deposit (CDs) they introduced last week at a yield of…
Analysis – Investors see risks spiking, fear market-wide liquidity crunch
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – Wild swings in asset prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are prompting some investors to pare risk in their portfolios, fearing that the type of volatility…
Swiss gov’t proposes public liquidity backstop for big banks
ZURICH – The Swiss government wants to set up a new backstop allowing the provision of state-guaranteed cash should one of the country’s big banks fail, it said on Friday, as it…
Russian banking liquidity shortage widens to 7 trillion roubles, central bank says
MOSCOW – The Russian banking system’s liquidity shortage widened to 6.9 trillion roubles ($68.25 billion) on Wednesday, the central bank said, up from 5.4 trillion roubles a day before as people rush…
Russian central bank to hold daily auctions to help banks manage liquidity
MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank said on Wednesday that it would hold daily 3 trillion rouble ($28.31 billion) repo and deposit auctions to help lending institutions manage their liquidity and keep overnight…
Russian sanctioned banks report enough liquidity to meet clients’ demands
MOSCOW – Russian banks sanctioned by the West have enough liquidity to meet clients’ demands and are doing everything possible to calmly make it through this volatile period, the banks said in…
Australia’s central bank to rejig market liquidity operations
SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank is shaking up the way it provides liquidity to the banking system as it ceases quantitative easing and prepares for the day when it will eventually raise…
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