High uncertainty, mainly due to U.S. trade policy announcements, means the European Central Bank needs to be cautious in reducing its interest rates, governing council member Fabio
March 31, 2025
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not adopt unorthodox policies with next year's presidential election in mind, where
March 28, 2025
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Friday said inflation data published earlier in the day confirms her decreased confidence in her baseline expectation that two
March 28, 2025
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly still sees two interest-rate cuts this year as a "reasonable" projection, but the recent plateauing of inflation
March 28, 2025
Inflation in March came in far below forecasts in two of the euro zone's largest economies, data showed on Friday, while consumer expectations for price growth remained muted,
March 28, 2025
The Bank of Japan could take another key step toward diminishing its huge presence in the bond market next week, when it releases its bond-buying
March 28, 2025
Bank of Japan policymakers were at loggerheads this month over how soon they should raise interest rates again as some focused on domestic inflationary pressure and
March 27, 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia will keep its cash rate unchanged on Tuesday as it waits for concrete signs of easing inflation, according to a Reuters poll of
March 27, 2025
President Donald Trump's permanent 25% tariff on imported autos has expanded the global trade war, feeding expectations for higher prices for cars and other products, but
March 27, 2025
The Brazilian central bank's economic policy director Diogo Guillen said on Thursday that when inflation expectations are unanchored, as they are now, interest
March 27, 2025
Brazil's 12-month inflation rate accelerated slightly less than expected in early March but still hit its highest level in two years, official data showed on Thursday, as the
March 27, 2025
Bank of America saw an 80% jump in mortgage applications between January and March as buyers were tempted by increasing home inventory and lower long-term bond
March 27, 2025
The Bank of Ghana and the Central Bank of Kenya will pause cutting interest rates at their upcoming meetings and resume in May, a Reuters poll found on
March 27, 2025
Norway's central bank kept interest rates on hold at a 17-year high of 4.50% on Thursday, in line with most forecasts, as an unexpected resurgence of inflation led policymakers to
March 27, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India will cut interest rates at a second straight meeting on April 9, with just one more cut expected in August, which
March 27, 2025
Euro zone lending growth accelerated further last month, suggesting that credit growth bottomed out in late 2024 and a mild expansion is now underway as interest rates fall,
March 27, 2025
The Bank of Canada saw less evidence of downward pressure on inflation even as it decided to cut rates by 25 basis points on March
March 26, 2025
The European Central Bank must be pragmatic and data-driven in setting its interest rates, governing council member Fabio Panetta said on Wednesday in a letter to the Financial Times.
March 26, 2025
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said he expected interest rates to be "a fair bit lower" in 12-18 months but added that it may take longer than anticipated for the
March 26, 2025
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates if persistent increases in food costs lead to broad-based inflation, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, signalling the
March 25, 2025
Brazil Planning Minister Simone Tebet said on Tuesday that she believes that conditions should be in place for the central bank to deliver interest-rate cuts in the second half of
March 25, 2025
Federal Reserve interest rate policy remains restrictive and well-positioned, Fed Governor Adriana Kugler said on Tuesday, but progress on bringing inflation back to the central bank's 2%
March 25, 2025
Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the pace of raising interest rates further after deciding to hike short-term interest rates to the highest in 17 years, minutes of their January
March 24, 2025
Cooling Mexican economic activity and inflation data on Monday supported expectations that Latin America's second largest economy is headed towards a technical recession
March 24, 2025
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March 24, 2025
The case for another European Central Bank interest rate cut is strengthening, ECB board member Piero Cipollone said on Monday, even if others on the rate-setting Governing
March 24, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if its underlying inflation target is likely to be achieved
March 24, 2025
The Bank of Japan's meeting last week passed with no surprises, but for a careful BOJ watcher its message on the need to remain vigilant on food-driven inflationary
March 23, 2025
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March 21, 2025
The dollar edged up against the euro on Friday, on pace for its first weekly gain this month, as investors booked profits from the euro's recent advance ahead
March 21, 2025
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March 21, 2025
China's central bank will cut banks' reserve requirement ratio and interest rates at the "appropriate time" and strengthen the resilience of its forex market, it said on Friday
March 21, 2025
Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and her deputy Alexei Zabotkin addressed a news conference on Friday after the central bank held its key rate at 21% as expected.
March 21, 2025
Japan's core inflation hit 3.0% in February and an index stripping away the effect of fuel rose at the fastest pace in nearly a year, a sign of broadening price
March 20, 2025
U.S. stock indexes edged lower following another reminder that big, unsettling policy changes are underway because of President Donald Trump, along with more signals suggesting the U.S. economy remains solid for now
March 20, 2025
U.S. stocks posted modest losses and the dollar strengthened on Thursday as investors weighed solid data against notes of caution about trade from world central
March 20, 2025
The dollar appreciated broadly on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve indicated it was in no rush to cut interest rates further this year due to
March 20, 2025
The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold and warned investors against assuming they would be cut quickly as it grappled with deep
March 20, 2025
The FTSE 100 closed little changed on Thursday, after the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged and warned against expectations of future cuts given an increasingly uncertain
March 20, 2025
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday that the central bank would have be careful about cutting interest rates because the fall in inflation pressures has been
March 20, 2025
Gold touched an all-time high on Thursday as the U.S.
March 20, 2025
European shares closed lower on Thursday, after four sessions of gains, as investors booked some profits and assessed interest rate decisions by major
March 20, 2025
The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.5% on Thursday and warned against assumptions that they would fall over its next few meetings, as policymakers grapple with deep
March 20, 2025
South Africa's central bank paused its rate-cutting cycle on Thursday as risks stemming from U.S.
March 20, 2025
Sweden's central bank kept its policy rate unchanged at 2.25% as expected on Thursday, predicting rates would remain steady in the near term, but said it was
March 20, 2025
The Bank of England has kept its main U.K. interest rate unchanged at 4.50% even though the economy is barely growing and the nation faces more uncertainty in light of the tariff policies being enacted by the Trump administration in the U.S. The decision by the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday was widely expected, and comes a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also kept interest rates unchanged
March 20, 2025
The Canadian government bond market is unlikely to return to the record outperformance against U.S. bonds seen in February, as investors are now betting the trade
March 20, 2025
The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday as it awaits the impact on the economy of U.S.
March 19, 2025
Australian employment unexpectedly fell in February to end a strong run of impressive gains, in a sign that the red-hot labour market could be finally loosening a
March 19, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve would be better off cutting rates "as U.S. tariffs start to transition (ease!)
March 20, 2025
The pace of British pay growth was little changed and there were others signs of stability in the jobs market, according to official data that
March 20, 2025
U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged as widely expected, and the central bank and investors continue to gauge how
March 19, 2025
Brazil's central bank raised interest rates by 100 basis points on Wednesday for the third consecutive time, sticking to previous guidance, and signaled a smaller
March 19, 2025
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March 19, 2025
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March 20, 2025
The Trump administration's initial policies, including extensive import tariffs, appear to have tilted the U.S. economy toward slower growth
March 19, 2025
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year, though more policymakers forecast fewer cuts
March 18, 2025
U.S. central bankers on Wednesday signaled they are likely to deliver two quarter-point interest-rate cuts later this year, the same median forecast as three months ago, even as
March 19, 2025
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, but U.S. central bank policymakers indicated they still anticipate reducing borrowing costs by half a percentage
March 19, 2025
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March 19, 2025
U.S. stocks climbed after the Federal Reserve said the economy still looks healthy enough to keep interest rates where they are
March 19, 2025
Canada's main stock index rose to a near three-week high on Wednesday as energy and technology shares led a broad-based rally after the Federal Reserve was less hawkish than
March 19, 2025
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March 19, 2025
U.S. stock indexes are rising as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say about where interest rates may be heading
March 19, 2025
Indonesia's central bank kept policy rates unchanged for a second straight review on Wednesday, as expected, against a backdrop of turmoil in
March 19, 2025
China is expected to leave its benchmark lending rates unchanged on Thursday, a Reuters poll showed, as signs the economic recovery was gaining some momentum and persistently
March 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday and warned of heightening global economic uncertainty, suggesting the timing of further
March 18, 2025
The Bank of Japan held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, as policymakers opted to spend more time gauging the impact of potential higher U.S. tariffs on the export-dependent
March 19, 2025
A board member of South Korea's central bank said on Wednesday household debt growth could take centre stage in policy discussions again amid an
March 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday, underscoring policymakers' preference to spend more time gauging how mounting global economic risks from higher U.S.
March 19, 2025
New Zealand’s economy likely crept out of recession in the fourth quarter but the overall growth impulse still remains weak, clearing the way for the central
March 18, 2025
Wall Street swung back down, and its former superstars once again led the way
March 18, 2025
Chile's economy slowed in the fourth quarter of 2024 from the previous three months but gained steam compared to a year earlier and full-year growth exceeded official estimates,
March 18, 2025
Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday as domestic data showed inflation heating up and investors awaited an interest rate decision by the U.S.
March 18, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his economic officials on Tuesday not to freeze the Russian economy as if it were in a "cryotherapy
March 18, 2025
Bond investors are bracing for a U.S. economic downturn, as they pare back risky exposures, while many are extending duration in their fixed-income
March 18, 2025
Tumbling stock markets and signs of tightening credit may make the Federal Reserve's job even more difficult this week as U.S. central bank policymakers try
March 18, 2025
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March 18, 2025
The Bank of Japan is likely to keep hiking interest rates gradually as wages are seen rising at a pace that will keep inflation stably around its 2% target, according
March 18, 2025
Most of the Bank of Korea's board members assessed Asia's fourth largest economy was losing steam faster than expected due to sluggish domestic spending and uncertainties from U.S.
March 18, 2025
Australia's central bank said on Tuesday it remained more cautious than the market about the prospects for further policy easing, after it cut interest rates for the
March 17, 2025
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