By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s first ambassador to the Palestinians described a decades-old Arab land-for-peace offer on Tuesday as a pillar of any normalisation of…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is under pressure to defend a new cap for long-term interest rates set just six weeks ago, as Governor Kazuo…
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A top Israeli lawmaker said on Sunday that any forging of relations with Saudi Arabia did not appear imminent, citing what he described as…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Policy normalisation by the Bank of Japan could test the resilience of global bond markets, the European Central Bank warned on Wednesday in an unusually strong message…
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A top Israeli official played down prospects for a U.S.-brokered diplomatic breakthrough with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, describing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as…
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s decision to raise its bond-yield ceiling could be the first step toward normalising ultra-easy policy, Takatoshi Ito, a Columbia University professor who is…
(Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s priority is to focus on monetary policy normalisation as inflation in the euro zone has been unacceptably high, ECB policymaker Peter Kazimir said on…
PARIS – The latest increases in inflation make the exit from exceptional monetary policy measures all the more necessary, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday.…
By Jesús Aguado MADRID -The European Central Bank will likely start raising interest rates shortly after ending its bond-buying programme early in the third quarter, with the potential for further…
LISBON -The normalisation of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy after a long period of ultra-low interest rates is needed and must happen in a sustainable way, increasing the ECB’s…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO -East Asian economic leaders warned on Thursday of risks to the region’s outlook and pledged to remain committed to market stability and sound fiscal policy. Economic…
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT – A flurry of rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve will complicate life for the European Central Bank over the coming year, even if their…