SEOUL (Reuters) – Five of the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) six board members think monetary policy needs to stay restrictive for some time to bring inflation down to its 2% …
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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s central bank on Monday kept its monetary policy settings unchanged, as expected, in its first review of the year as inflation pressures continued …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan, kicking off its first meeting for 2024 this week, gave the clearest signal yet that an end to its years-long …
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By Gaurav Dogra and Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Asian equities attracted their biggest inflows in seven years in 2023, encouraged by major central banks’ deceleration in rate hikes to prioritize …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s monetary policy will remain tight for a while to ensure that inflation falls and remains anchored at lower levels, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Thursday. …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong said on Monday recent market concerns over a financially troubled builder are a “warning sign” over the financial risks of prolonged …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan business lobby Keidanren chief Masakazu Tokura said on Monday the Bank of Japan must normalise monetary policy as early as possible, amid speculation …
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By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will begin to unwind its ultra-loose monetary settings as early as January, more than a fifth of economists in …
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(Reuters) – Monetary policy in the United States continues to be appropriate, and interest rates will need to remain at current levels in order to “durably” reduce inflation, the International …
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By David Lawder MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that bond markets anticipating the Federal Reserve rate moves can be a “helpful complement” to …
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(Reuters) – Argentina President-elect Javier Milei said on Friday he had spoken with the director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, regarding plans to adjust the country’s fiscal …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank will monitor the development of inflation closely in the coming weeks ahead of its next meeting in December, Chairman Thomas Jordan said on …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – The staff of the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday recommended Australia’s central bank further tighten monetary policy in order to bring inflation back to target and keep …
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By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is likely to leave monetary policy unchanged this month, as the city-state grapples with a weak economic outlook and persistent price pressures. All …
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By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said on Thursday that the central bank’s decision to hold steady on rates earlier …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea should maintain current, restrictive monetary and fiscal policies as it needs to take steps to return to sustainable finances and address inflation, the International Monetary …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Swati Bhat COLOMBO (Reuters) -Monetary policy transmission to the real economy in Sri Lanka is still incomplete, the governor of the country’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, …
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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan’s Friday decision to make its yield curve control (YCC) more flexible was not deemed a shift in its monetary easing stance, …
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By Luana Maria Benedito and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank is poised for its first interest rate cut in three years on Wednesday, with most economists …
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By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan must continue its monetary tightening cycle, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a staff report on Tuesday, a week after the …
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BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Private economists in Brazil anticipate deeper monetary easing this year and improved inflation prospects until 2026 following the government’s decision to maintain the country’s inflation goal …
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LISBON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is close to being able to pause the trajectory of rising interest rates so as not to harm the stagnant euro zone economy, …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil Treasury secretary Rogerio Ceron on Monday said the sooner monetary easing begins, the sooner conditions will be created for an “adequate” 2024, emphasizing that high interest …
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By Takaya Yamaguchi and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will pledge to pull the economy out of deflation through bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy and a growth …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Fed president John Williams declined on Friday to connect the current monetary policy outlook to new work of his that reconfirms major economies are …