Fed policymakers signal no rush to cut US interest rates
By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – U.S. central bankers want to hold off on cutting interest rates until they have more confidence …
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China growth seen slowing to 4.6% in 2024, raising heat on policymakers – Reuters poll
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth is likely to slow to 4.6% in 2024, and cool further to 4.5% in 2025, a …
ECB policymakers keen to cool euphoria over inflation drop
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank needs to see further progress in dampening inflationary pressures, and companies along with governments need …
Japan policymakers jawbone markets as yen falls beyond key threshold
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese policymakers maintained their warning to investors against selling the yen on Thursday in the wake of …
ECB policymakers eye springtime push to cut payments on banks’ deposits – sources
By Balazs Koranyi MARRAKECH (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers are planning a springtime push to cut interest payments made to commercial banks, in part …
ECB policymakers warn over risk of further hikes
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is stubbornly high with upside risks, so the European Central Bank’s next move could still be a rate increase before …
Fed policymakers to sit tight on rates, debate if more is needed
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Ahead of their policy-setting meeting this month, Federal Reserve policymakers have been pretty clear about two things: They are not …
Policymakers see darker days ahead in China as growth sputters
By Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI (Reuters) -Policymakers expect persistently slower growth in China, perhaps even more sluggish than current consensus estimates, seeing its transition from an …
South Korea’s inflation quickens above forecast, keeping policymakers on watch
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s annual consumer inflation accelerated to 3.4% in August while the month-on-month rate was the fastest since early 2017, which should …
Fed to keep markets guessing on rate pauses and cuts -former policymakers
By Divya Chowdhury and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is unlikely to provide clear signals on whether it will pause interest …
S. Korean policymakers vow to control rising household debt
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s policymakers vowed to take measures to control consumer debt as the country’s household credit grew at the fastest pace in …
Marketmind: Markets bide time as policymakers plot next moves
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It’s a week that every investor has squarely …
China keeps lending benchmarks unchanged; economic weakness tests policymakers
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China left its lending benchmarks unchanged on Thursday, after the central bank stood pat on a key policy rate earlier this week even …
ECB policymakers promise more hikes to beat inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank will continue raising interest rates until inflation is under control, two ECB policymakers said on Friday as surveys showed …
Central Europe’s policymakers double down on hawkish message
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) – Central bankers across central Europe have doubled down on their hawkish policy messages in the past two weeks in …
Fed policymakers see one more rate hike this year, cuts in 2024
By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers believe beating back inflation may require just one more interest-rate hike this year but less easing …
Asia policymakers move to calm nerves after Credit Suisse takeover
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian policymakers on Monday moved to calm investor nerves after announcements of a historic Swiss-backed takeover of troubled Credit …
Japan’s policymakers play down contagion risk from SVB collapse
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese policymakers on Tuesday played down the risk of the economy taking a hit from the collapse of U.S. lender Silicon Valley …
ECB bars policymakers from speculating after backlash, Fed scandals
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has banned its top officials from picking stocks and bonds or making short-term trades after a string of …
Emerging market policymakers dare to hope for brighter 2023
(Reuters) – Policymakers in Asia and Africa voiced growing economic optimism at a Reuters conference on Wednesday, chiming with a rally in emerging markets, an …
Quotes: Getting ready to pause? Fed policymakers weigh in
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point at the end of a two-day meeting on …
Yellen says policymakers improving coordination on global economic challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that many of the challenges facing the global economy stem from Russia’s “terrible war …
India cenbank policymakers divided on future path of rates, meeting minutes show
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 …
ECB policymakers argue for ‘restrictive’ policy despite recession risk
By Balazs Koranyi WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank must power ahead with interest rate hikes to tame inflation and should even push borrowing …
ECB policymakers see no need to aid Italy with new scheme: sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers see no need to step in and buy more Italian government bonds via a new emergency scheme despite …
Analysis-Central Europe’s policymakers try to call time on rate hikes
By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) – Central European policymakers are seeking to end a cycle of interest rate hikes running since last year even as …
ECB policymakers make the case for a big rate hike
By Balazs Koranyi JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers made the case on Saturday for a large interest rate hike next month …
S.Korea policymakers to closely monitor impact of rising interest rates
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 …
Fed policymakers: September rate hike a question of how big, not if
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is likely to continue tightening monetary policy beyond the half percentage point interest rate hikes expected at each of its …
By Dragon’s Rock, world’s policymakers plot how to slay stagflation
By Francesco Canepa KOENIGSWINTER, Germany – The world’s top central bankers and finance ministers gathering near Germany’s Dragon’s Rock on Thursday have their own beast …
ECB policymakers push for quick monetary policy normalisation
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, …
Lagarde tells ECB policymakers to hold back criticism, leaks – sources
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa WASHINGTON – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told policymakers to hold back on dissenting views on decisions for …
BOJ policymakers saw need for easy policy despite rising prices – March meeting summary
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – Bank of Japan policymakers stressed the need to keep monetary policy ultra-loose, even as some of them saw signs of …
ECB policymakers saw rate hike drawing closer in February
FRANKFURT – European Central Bank policymakers meeting last month agreed that the first interest rate hike in more than a decade was drawing closer as …
Don’t go back on quicker taper plans, ECB policymakers say
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT – European Central Bank policymakers remain open to accelerating their exit from bond buys even as the war …
ECB policymakers to meet next week in Paris
FRANKFURT – European Central Bank policymakers will meet for “an informal get-together” next Thursday afternoon on the eve of a gathering of European Union finance …
Fed denies release of correspondence on pandemic trades made by policymakers
By Howard Schneider – The U.S. Federal Reserve, responding to a Freedom of Information Act request by Reuters, said there are about 60 pages of correspondence …
EU policymakers must do more to boost telco investments, study says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – EU policymakers need to do more to attract investments in the telecoms sector if the bloc wants its economy …