BUDAPEST – Hungary’s central bank raised its one-week deposit rate by 30 basis points to 4.6% at a weekly tender on Thursday, as expected, two days after it raised its …
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ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s central bank hiked its policy rate to 13.5% from 10.25% on Thursday as the central Asian nation’s tenge currency sank alongside the Russian rouble after Moscow launched …
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By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The Bank of Canada will raise interest rates by 25 basis points on March 2, earlier than previously thought and ahead of the U.S. Federal …
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LONDON – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and other top officials from the British central bank spoke to lawmakers on Wednesday about their decision earlier this month to raise …
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– Poland’s registered unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in January compared with 5.4% in December, statistics office data showed on Wednesday, below analysts’ expectations of 5.6%. The statistics office also …
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A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. The Ukraine crisis may be tempering the most aggressive rate hike bets but New Zealand’s latest interest rate rise …
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By Devayani Sathyan and Tushar Goenka BENGALURU – The Bank of Korea will leave rates on hold on Thursday after back-to-back hikes at the previous two meetings, according to economists …
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– It is too early to know if the Federal Reserve will need to start its tightening cycle at its next policy meeting in March with a half percentage point …
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BERLIN – Improving demand for services pushed business activity across Germany’s private sector to a six-month high in February, and while manufacturing lagged due to COVID-19 infections among staff the …
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– Major investment banks have penciled in a strong run of interest rate hikes for 2022 after hotter-than-expected inflation data ramped up pressure on the Federal Reserve to take a …
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– Major investment banks have pencilled in a strong run of interest rate hikes for 2022 after hotter-than-expected inflation data ramped up pressure on the Federal Reserve to take a …
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FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank does not have to stick to a fixed size or frequency of interest rates hikes as these will depend on inflation, the bank’s chief …
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LONDON – Financing conditions have tightened for emerging markets both domestically and externally but they are better prepared to handle the U.S. Federal Reserve’s upcoming monetary tightening policy cycle, ratings …
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By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA – Inflation estimates for Colombia this year rose and predictions of interest rate rises quickened among analysts polled in a central bank survey. The 40 analysts …
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By Julie Gordon and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA -Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerated again in January to hit a fresh 30-year high at 5.1%, as food and housing costs continued to …
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(Corrects day of the week in first paragraph) TOKYO – Japanese consumers’ one-year forward expected inflation rate rose to 2.43% in February, a Consumer Affairs Agency survey showed on Wednesday, …
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By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The European Central Bank will raise its deposit rate in the second half of this year, and not wait until 2023 as previously expected, according …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – U.S. short-term interest rate futures on Monday reflected a reduced chance of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve before its two-day March …
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– Being too “abrupt and aggressive” with interest rate increases could be counter-productive to the Federal Reserve’s goals, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said on Sunday, signaling …
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From the Desk of Governor Larry Hogan ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate has dropped below 5%—another critical milestone as Maryland’s health metrics continue …
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HONG KONG -Goldman Sachs said it expects seven 25 basis point interest rate rises from the U.S. Federal Reserve this year, up from its previous forecast of five and updating …
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A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. An aggressive 50 basis point U.S. interest rate hike to contain inflation now appears like a no-brainer after the …
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By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir – Pressure increased on the Federal Reserve on Thursday to take a stronger stand against inflation after an unexpectedly large jump in U.S. consumer …
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By Ann Saphir -Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin on Thursday said he would be “conceptually” open to raising interest rates by a bigger-than-usual half-of-a-percentage point increment, but does …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK -Federal funds rate futures on Thursday have boosted the chances of a half percentage-point tightening by the Federal Reserve at next month’s meeting after hawkish …