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TOKYO – An advisory panel to Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki warned on Friday of a risk of a spike in interest payments on public debt and urged efforts to …

By Devayani Sathyan and Vivek Mishra BENGALURU – New Zealand’s central bank will opt for a modest 25 basis point interest rate rise on April 13, but is set to …

By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The Bank of Canada will raise its overnight interest rate by 50 basis points at its next policy meeting on April 13, according to a …

(Reuters) – The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan kept climbing last week to stay at more than a three year high, a survey showed on …

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank could raise interest rates back to zero already this year to fight high inflation, Belgian central bank chief Pierre Wunsch said in a magazine …

By Francesco Zecchini CERNOBBIO, Italy – The European Central Bank plans to raise interest rates some time after winding down its bond purchase programme in the third quarter of this …

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(Reuters) – The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan jumped last week by the most in 11 years as bond market investors rapidly repositioned for the Federal …

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday that a lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook of deceiving advertisers about its “potential reach” tool can proceed as a class action. …

PRAGUE – The Czech National Bank is set to raise its main rate by 50 basis points to 5.00% on March 31, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, which would …

By Nichola Saminather and Julie Gordon TORONTO – Toronto realtor Nasma Ali has noted a marked slowdown in housing demand in the red-hot Greater Toronto Area over the past few …

SEOUL – South Korea’s central bank chief reiterated on Wednesday the need to further raise the bank’s policy interest rate as the economy struggles to tame red-hot inflation and amid …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s central bank is set to raise its benchmark interest rate this week for the seventh consecutive time, following in the footsteps of the U.S. Federal Reserve …

– Federal Reserve policymakers will consider speeding up the pace of interest rate hikes this year should high inflation not begin to abate, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on …

By Ann Saphir – The Federal Reserve should raise its policy rate to the range of 1.75% to 2% this year, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Friday, and …

LONDON – The British pound reversed its earlier gains and fell on Thursday, as investors interpreted a Bank of England 8-1 vote in favour of raising interest rates by 0.25% …

CAIRO -Gulf central banks on Wednesday raised their main interest rates by a quarter percentage point in lockstep with the U.S. Federal Reserve as it began a monetary tightening cycle …

Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates For First Time In Three Years Harry Wilmerding on March 16, 2022 The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would increase interest rates in a series …

‘Significant Uncertainty’: Mortgage Demand Plummets Amid Sky-High Rates, Massive Inflation Harry Wilmerding on March 16, 2022 Mortgage demand plummeted in mid March after a sharp increase in rates and inflation, …

LONDON – U.S five and 10-year Treasury yields rose to their highest levels in almost three years on Tuesday, ahead of a widely-anticipated rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Five-year …

Central Bank Expected To Raise Interest Rates Wednesday Harry Wilmerding on March 14, 2022 The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates after its meeting Wednesday to combat the …

SHANGHAI – China will further cut interest rates to stabilise the economy, as shrinking China-U.S. yield spreads won’t change Beijing’s monetary policy loosening bias, the China Securities Journal reported on …

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has no intention of raising interest rates until some time after it has ended its bond buying at the end of the third quarter, …

Vaccines, Masks, Staying At Home Did Not Make Major Difference In COVID Rates, NYT Says Laurel Duggan on March 9, 2022 The New York Times said vaccinations, booster shots and …

By Ann Saphir – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans on Friday said the U.S. central bank is on track to raising rates this year, though it may …