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FIVE CHARTS THAT EXPLAIN HOW EUROPEAN BANKS ARE DEALING WITH THEIR BAD-LOAN PROBLEM
The European Central Bank advises that non-performing asset indicators should be interpreted with caution because the definition of impaired assets and loss provision differ between countries... READ MORE›
UGANDA READIES FOR ISLAMIC BANKING TAKEOFF, APEX BANK TO PUBLISH RULES
In December, the central bank became an associate member of the Islamic Financial Services Board IFSB, one of the industry's main standard-setting bodies... READ MORE›
EURO AREA LOOKS STRONG BUT WEAK AS ECONOMY POWERS ON IN 2018
Yet inflation, the key metric for the European Central Bank, will probably be the slowest in six months... READ MORE›
EURO-AREA ECONOMIC BOOM TO ROLL ON AFTER STRONG START TO '18
Economists see consumer-price growth averaging 1.5 percent this year and 1.6 percent in 2019, and no interest-rate increases until 2019... READ MORE›
INTEREST RATES ARE ABOUT TO GO UP IN CANADA -- NO, FOR REAL THIS TIME
Instead, the central bank moved in the opposite direction, cutting rates twice that year to bring its rate to 0.5 per cent, where it currently sits... READ MORE›
ASIA STOCKS TIPPED TO END WEEK ON A STRONG NOTE
The euro surged after signals from the European Central Bank the economy may be strong enough to warrant scaling back crisis-era guidance on stimulus... READ MORE›
U.S. STOCKS RISE, DOLLAR SLIPS AS OIL RALLIES
Treasuries held steady and the dollar fell versus the euro after wholesale-price data cooled inflation expectations... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS IT WILL SKIP OMOS ON MONDAY
China's central bank drained 65 billion yuan on a net basis from money markets in 2017... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS IT WILL SKIP OMOS ON MONDAY
China's central bank drained 65 billion yuan on a net basis from money markets in 2017... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS IT WILL SKIP OMOS ON MONDAY
China's central bank drained 65 billion yuan on a net basis from money markets in 2017... READ MORE›
CHINA CENTRAL BANK CHIEF REITERATES PRUDENT MONETARY POLICY FOR 2018
China will maintain prudent monetary policy and reasonable loan growth in 2018, central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan said in comments published on Sunday... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CENTRAL BANK TO RAISE RESERVE FUNDS RATIO OF THIRD-PARTY PAYME
China's central bank to raise reserve funds ratio of third-party payment firms to 50 percent... READ MORE›
CHINA CENTRAL BANK SAYS WILL MAINTAIN 'PRUDENT AND NEUTRAL' MONETARY P
China's central bank on Friday said it will maintain prudent and neutral monetary policy and use multiple policy tools to keep liquidity reasonably stable... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS WILL SKIP OMOS ON TUESDAY
China's central bank said it will skip open market operations for the third straight trading day on Tuesday... READ MORE›
INDIA NEEDS TO STRENGTHEN RBI'S INDEPENDENCE
The government has been urging the central bank to cut interest rates to encourage investment... READ MORE›
AFTER 2 HIKES THIS YEAR, BANK OF CANADA STANDS PAT AND KEEPS INTEREST RATE STEADY AT 1%
Bank of Montreal economist Doug Porter says that's because the bank in its statement said it would continue to be cautious about setting monetary policy... READ MORE›
CANADA CENTRAL BANK KEEPS KEY LENDING RATE AT 1 PCT
Canada, the United States and Mexico's renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement appears to be headed toward a deadlock... READ MORE›
DON'T IGNORE RISING RISK IN GERMAN ECONOMY, BUNDESBANK WARNS
Risks have built up, in particular, during the prolonged period of low interest rates... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Euroland
VENEZUELANS GIVE UP ON COUNTING PILES OF CASH AND START WEIGHING THEM
For a QuickTake explainer on Venezuela's economy, click here Until now, as the bolivar sank, the government declined to print bigger-denomination bills... READ MORE›
BUY GOLD NO MATTER WHO WINS THE ELECTION HSBC SAYS
Even the relatively more internationalist Democratic candidate has argued for the renegotiation of longstanding free-trade agreements... READ MORE›
WHAT WILL INDIA DO WITH 23 BILLION WORTHLESS BANKNOTES?
The notes would make a pile 300 times the height of Everest... READ MORE›
LIBYA ON BRINK OF ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
Libya's daily oil production before the 2011 uprising stood at 1.6 million barrels... READ MORE›
BONDS PLUNGE BY $1 TRILLION THIS WEEK AS TRUMP SEEN GAME CHANGER
Yields on U.S. 30-year bonds, which are more sensitive than shorter maturities to the outlook for inflation, jumped the most this week since January 2009... READ MORE›
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY SET TO GET EVEN WORSE NEXT YEAR, BIG BANKS WARN
Mortgage carrying costs to rise 8 percent for new buyers next year, Scotiabank says... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIANS MAY SOON STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET
Further intensifying the squeeze is a rising cost of living, with electricity prices climbing as much as 20 percent in New South Wales state next month... READ MORE›
WHY NOBODY TRUSTS THE WORLD'S BEST CURRENCY
The regulator in January removed regulations limiting lenders from buying and selling foreign currency outside a 4 percent band on either side of the official exchange rate... READ MORE›
ECB EXPECTED TO INJECT UP TO EUR1 TRILLION INTO EUROZONE
Related Stories The European Central Bank ECB has confirmed it will shortly announce further measures to stimulate the ailing eurozone economy... READ MORE›
FED RATE-HIKE ODDS APPROACH 100 IN ANTICIPATION OF TRUMPENOMICS
Trump's spending plans are driving speculation the Fed will pick up its pace of rate increases as inflation expectations climb... READ MORE›
CARNEY INDICATES INTEREST RATES MAY RISE AT 'TURN OF YEAR'
Bank of England governor Mark Carney indicates that UK interest rates could rise at the turn of this year ... READ MORE›
EURO TRIMS DROP, BONDS FALL AS TAPERING BETS ROIL GLOBAL MARKETS
India's rupee gained as the central bank cut interest rates in its first policy meeting since a leadership change... READ MORE›
BONDS RISE WITH GOLD, YEN AS WEAK CHINA DATA STOKE HAVEN DEMAND
Currencies Japan's currency rose 0.5 percent against the dollar, as the euro briefly fell below 1.10 for the first time since July... READ MORE›
GOLD CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE AS TRUMP ANGST RUNS INTO RATE CONCERNS
In Singapore, paring the week's advance to 1.7 percent, according to Bloomberg generic pricing... READ MORE›
ECB'S QUANTITATIVE EASING PROGRAMME INVESTING BILLIONS IN FOSSIL FUELS
But the shadow climate minister, Barry Gardiner, told the Guardian The European Central Bank should be aligned with Europe's industrial strategy and energy policy... READ MORE›
BOJ OVERHAULS POLICY FOCUS, SETS TARGET FOR GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS
Central banks have already been taking steps to directly influence long-term rates via bond purchases ... READ MORE›
EURO 'HOUSE OF CARDS' WILL COLLAPSE, MONETARY UNION ARCHITECT WARNS
One day, the house of cards will collapse, Issing said in an interview with the journal Central Banking... READ MORE›
FED MINUTES POINT TO RATE HIKE 'RELATIVELY SOON'
Kansas City Fed President Esther George, Cleveland's Loretta Mester and Eric Rosengren of Boston dissented at the meeting in favor of higher rates... READ MORE›
BONDS SLIDE WITH STOCKS AS INFLATION, POOR EARNINGS FUEL ANXIETY
Brent for December settlement dropped 1.4 percent to 52.41 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange... READ MORE›
BANK OF CANADA CUTS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ON SLOWER HOUSING MARKET, SOFTER EXPORTS
The central bank trimmed its outlook for growth this year to 1.1 per cent, from the 1.3 per cent it had forecast in July... READ MORE›
BONDS FALL DOLLAR RISES AS TRADERS MULL WANING STIMULUS OIL UP
Elsewhere in the world, Norway's krone rose as the nation's central bank kept interest rates unchanged after scrapping plans for more stimulus... READ MORE›
CHINA BUSTS UNDERGROUND BANKS INVOLVING MORE THAN $148 BILLION
The yuan has depreciated 7.8 percent against the U.S. dollar since the central bank devalued the currency in August last year... READ MORE›
BANCO POPOLARE, BPM SHAREHOLDERS BACK CREATION OF ITALY'S THIRD BIGGEST BANK
Banco Popolare CEO Pier Francesco Saviotti said the bank was working on the sale of 650 million euros in bad loans to be completed by year-end... READ MORE›
DOLLAR RISES BONDS FALL AMID FED WAGERS AS YELLEN GIVES NO HINT
West Texas Intermediate oil for November delivery declined 0.2 percent to 50.35 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange... READ MORE›
STOCKS RISE WITH DEBT AS SHIFT IN FED SPECULATION WEAKENS DOLLAR
Banks in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index rallied ahead of the European Central Bank's meeting on Thursday, with the regional benchmark adding 1.5 percent... READ MORE›
ATHENS POISED ON THE VERGE OF CATASTROPHIC DEBT DEFAULT AS BAILOUT TALKS COLLAPSE
The response of the European Central Bank will be of paramount importance if Greece does default on 30 June... READ MORE›
EURO RALLY SHOWS FEW SIGNS OF STOPPING AS DRAGHI APPEARS UNFAZED
The Fed was moving more aggressively in terms of their monetary policy while other banks were still easing... READ MORE›
STOCKS DECLINE ON EARNINGS AS DRAGHI'S REMARKS SPUR EURO SLIDE
The euro fell after Mario Draghi said the region's central bank hasn't discussed extending or tapering stimulus... READ MORE›
WOUNDED GOLD BULL MARKET STEADIES AFTER WORST SLUMP IN 3 YEARS
Prices are down 7.9 percent since a July peak as expectations for tighter monetary policy in Europe and the U.S. dent the appeal of the metal... READ MORE›
BOND WORLD BLOODIED BY BIGGEST LOSSES SINCE 2013 IN GLOBAL ROUT
Contributing to the repricing that's swept fixed-income markets is mounting evidence that central banks' historic stimulus efforts are finally paying off... READ MORE›