Recent News Headlines : Central Bank

INDIA'S PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK REPORTS $1.8BN FRAUD


Offices and Mumbai home of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi raided after PNB hit by 1.8bn fraudulent transaction... READ MORE

16th February, 2018 1562

BARCLAYS AFRICA WINS CASE OVER $83 MILLION PAYOUT IN SOUTH AFRICA


JOHANNESBURG Reuters - A South African court on Friday threw out the findings of a public anti-graft watchdog that Barclays Africa BGAJ.J unduly benefited from... READ MORE

16th February, 2018 0

JAPAN REAPPOINTS KURODA AS BOJ CHIEF, PICKS REFLATIONIST ACADEMIC AS DEPUTY


In the short term, the BOJ gave the stock market relief by not derailing Kuroda's monetary policy... READ MORE

16th February, 2018 139

JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TALK DOWN RISING YEN


In the past few days we have seen some one-sided moves in the foreign exchange market, Suga said... READ MORE

16th February, 2018 2

HACKERS STOLE $6 MILLION IN ATTACK ON SWIFT SYSTEM, RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK SAYS


The central bank said it had been sent information about one successful attack on the work place of a SWIFT system operator... READ MORE

16th February, 2018 1506

THREE GAUGES SHOW PRICES RISING IN U.S. PRODUCTION PIPELINE


In Washington, the Labor Department said in a report that U.S. wholesale prices rose in January on costs of energy and hospital services... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 99

U.S. CPI TOPS ESTIMATES AS APPAREL COSTS JUMP MOST IN 30 YEARS


The consumer price index rose 0.5 percent from the previous month, above the median estimate of economists for a 0.3 percent increase, a Labor Department report showed Wednesday... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 1031

JAPAN'S ABE LIKELY TO NOMINATE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON FRIDAY


According to local media reports, the two deputy positions will go to BOJ Executive Director Masayoshi Amamiya and Etsuro Honda, ambassador to Switzerland... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 57

BANK OF JAPAN TAPER TALK GIVES WAY TO EASING CHATTER


Kuroda, 73, is the first Japanese central bank governor to be given an Act II since the 1950s... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 28

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And China's PBOC said inflation pressures are slight but warrant close watch... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 39

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

14th February, 2018 1029

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY


Across the Atlantic, the U.S. releases retail sales figures in addition to the all-important CPI print... READ MORE

14th February, 2018 23

BANK OF ENGLAND CHIEF ECONOMIST SAYS


Any interest rate rises over the coming year would be minor, the paper reported Haldane as saying... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 180

FED FACES PRESSURE TO STEP UP RATE HIKES AFTER SPENDING PACKAGE


It will fuel inflationary pressures, Zandi said in an email... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 56

TAKE FIVE: WORLD MARKETS THEMES FOR THE WEEK AHEAD


If U.S. inflation does accelerate, markets could see Treasury yields get above the 3 percent level that several investment banks had set as their year-end target... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 31

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

9th February, 2018 34

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In New York, according to a marketing document seen by Bloomberg... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 38

NEW ERA OF CURRENCY VOLATILITY LEAVES BEARISH DOLLAR BETS INTACT


For these observers, the dollar's rebound amid the biggest burst of foreign-exchange volatility since 2015 is bound to be short-lived... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 50

SUDAN CENTRAL BANK DEVALUES CURRENCY AMID SOARING INFLATION


Sudan's central bank has said it will devalue the local currency to an upper limit of 31.5 Sudanese pounds against the US dollar... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 4

BANK OF CANADA EYES OVERALL ECONOMY, EVEN AS DEBT, NAFTA WEIGH


'NOT THE STRONGEST START' Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins poses for a photograph following an interview with Reuters in Montebello, Quebec, Canada, February 8, 2018... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 14

FED'S DUDLEY STICKS TO HIS OUTLOOK, CALLS THE MARKET MOVES 'SMALL POTATOES'


So far, I'd say this is small potatoes, Dudley said of recent market moves... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 168

U.S. STOCKS DECLINE AS TREASURY YIELDS PUSH HIGHER


Earlier, shares in Japan closed higher after a turbulent session while China's stocks slid for a third day, even as Hong Kong equities climbed... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 3254

WITH YELLEN OUT OF THE PICTURE, GET READY FOR TRUMP VS. POWELL


The new Fed chief will butt heads with the president if rate increases cool economic growth... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 582

WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO STOCKS? HERE'S WHERE TO CAST THE BLAME


The sharp sell-off in stocks that started last week and gathered steam this week lacked a specific trigger... READ MORE

7th February, 2018 3177

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Tokyo will be in focus with Toyota reporting 3Q earnings and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visiting for talks with PM Shinzo Abe... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 66

BOND BEARS SMELL BLOOD, OTHERS CLAW FOR BUYING OPPORTUNITY


A break above that could lead the yields to next test 3.28pc, the 200-month simple moving average, which has not been reached since 1989... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 0

DOW PLUNGES NEARLY 1,200 POINTS AS NORTH AMERICAN MARKET ROUT DEEPENS


North American stock markets plunged in volatile trading on Monday after the Dow Jones index fell almost 1,200 points, following its worst weekly decline since 2016 on Friday... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 1942

CHINA RENEWS BATTLE AGAINST CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING


The results were significant, Financialnews.com.cn said in the article, citing an exclusive source at the central bank... READ MORE

5th February, 2018 30

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The day will bring reports on South Korean trade, Australian job ads, PMIs for Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as Indonesian GDP... READ MORE

5th February, 2018 114

FED'S KASHKARI SAYS LANDING AMAZON HQ2 COULD BE A MONEY LOSER


Kashkari said the research director of the Minneapolis Fed, Mark Wright, told him their city had "dodged a bullet" by not making Amazon's list of 20 cities it is considering... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 498

Trending News Headlines : Central Bank

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

13th January, 2018 10768

FORMER FED CHAIR ALAN GREENSPAN SEES BUBBLES IN STOCKS AND BONDS


Well the fact, that, essentially, we're beginning to run an ever-larger government deficit, Greenspan said... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 5115

SAVERS ARE SLOWLY CHOKING OFF THE LIFE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY


The next thing that makes savings toxic is the way investors have bullied governments into making them safe... READ MORE

19th December, 2016 3512

RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK, PRIVATE BANKS LOSE $31 MLN IN CYBER ATTACKS


Central bank official Artyom Sychyov discussed the losses at a briefing, saying that the hackers had attempted to steal about 5 billion rubles... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 2564

MARKETS ARE ABOUT TO GET UGLY ACCORDING TO THESE CHARTS


Though the economy remains strong, unbounded enthusiasm has run too far, according to Canaccord Genuity Inc.'s Tony Dwyer... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 2411

BITCOIN SOARS ABOVE $17,000, BOOSTING WORRIES AND A WORLDWIDE FRENZY


As bitcoin prices were setting records, hackers this week reportedly made off with 70 million in the digital currency after targeting NiceHash, a cryptocurrency platform... READ MORE

8th December, 2017 1808

BITCOIN 'LOOKS REMARKABLY LIKE A BUBBLE,' NEW ZEALAND'S CENTRAL BANKER WARNS


Bitcoin's spectacular gains look like a speculative bubble and the cryptocurrency is too unstable to be useful in the future, New Zealand's central banker said... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 1657

INDIA FACTORY ACTIVITY EXPANDS AT FASTEST PACE IN FIVE YEARS IN DECEMB


India's goods-producing economy advanced on its recovery path, with operating conditions improving at the strongest pace since December 2012, said Aashna Dodhia, an economist at IHS Markit... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 1520

FROM BITCOIN TO BELIZE, HERE ARE BEST AND WORST ASSETS OF 2017


The Persian Gulf country was thrown into chaos mid-year when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and transport ties... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 1382

ISRAEL CENTRAL BANK MULLS ISSUING DIGITAL CURRENCY FOR FASTER PAYMENTS


But the Israeli source said any digital currency introduced by the country's central bank would be centralized, safe and abide by money laundering rules... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 1365

JANET YELLEN'S FED ERA ENDS WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE OF NO RATE HIKE


Inflation has picked up slightly since the middle of 2017 while remaining short of the central bank's 2 percent goal... READ MORE

1st February, 2018 1233

DALIO SAYS BONDS FACE BIGGEST BEAR MARKET IN ALMOST 40 YEARS


That supply-demand imbalance will concern the central bankers, he said... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 1078

HOW CENTRAL BANKS ARE USING BIG DATA TO HELP SHAPE POLICY


The Bank for International Settlements, known as the central banks' bank, is also in on the act... READ MORE

19th December, 2017 1035

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

7th December, 2017 947

ALMOST HALF OF NEW, YOUNG HOMEOWNERS HAVE DOWN PAYMENTS OF LESS THAN 20%


Counterintuitively, while the central bank is less worried about high-ratio loans, it is getting more worried about low-ratio ones... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 899

PBOC OFFICIAL SAYS CHINA'S CENTRALIZED VIRTUAL CURRENCY TRADE NEEDS TO


National and local authorities should ban venues that provide centralized trading of virtual currencies, of which bitcoin is the biggest, Pan said... READ MORE

16th January, 2018 629

PETER METCALF WIELDS THE MIGHT OF THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY TO PROTECT THE WILD


Growing up in the suburbs on Long Island, Peter Metcalf thought exploring the outdoors meant biking around a decommissioned air base near his home... READ MORE

19th December, 2017 561

TRUMP'S LATEST PICK FOR THE FED IS NO FAN OF PAPER MONEY


Goodfriend presented a paper on it in 2016 in Jackson Hole, Wyo., at a high-profile annual conclave of central bankers... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 534

ASIAN SHARES UP DOLLAR DIPS AS DEMOCRAT WINS ALABAMA SENATE RACE


S P e-mini futures ESc1 were down as much as 0.3 percent, compared to their drop 0.1 percent before the Alabama polls closed... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 526

YELLEN ISN'T BUYING TRUMP'S TALK OF AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE FROM TAX CUTS


Policy makers boosted their economic forecast in 2018 to 2.5 percent from 2.1 percent in September as they increasingly factored the effects on the tax package into their outlooks... READ MORE

14th December, 2017 483

BILLIONAIRE SINGH BROTHERS ACCUSED BY NEW YORK INVESTOR OF SIPHONING CASH


The lawsuit alleges the Singhs were able to circumvent Finvest's board on these transactions through a special committee they controlled that independently authorized loans and investments... READ MORE

29th January, 2018 429

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY


Trump tells Xi that America's trade deficit with China is unsustainable, cryptocurrencies tumble, and U.S. stock benchmarks briefly hit some nice round numbers... READ MORE

17th January, 2018 372

CHINA TO CAP OVERSEAS WITHDRAWALS USING DOMESTIC BANK CARDS


China's foreign exchange reserves rose for the 10th straight month in November due to tighter regulation and a stronger yuan, which continue to discourage capital outflows... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 367

TAX CUTS TO BOOST U.S. ECONOMY, BUT BENEFITS TO BE SHORT-LIVED


The poll of more than 100 economists during Jan. 11-19 showed U.S. annual gross domestic product expanding 2.6 percent this year, compared with 2.4 percent predicted last month... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 343

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

11th January, 2018 317

DOLLAR HALTS SLIDE US STOCKS AT RECORD HIGHS MARKETS WRAP


European stocks rose following a positive session in Asia and bonds gained as the region's new investment regulations finally took effect... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 316

STOCKS RECOUP GAINS, YIELDS HIT HIGHS AFTER FED


Bloomberg's Chris Condon reports on the Federal Reserve's policy-making meeting... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 313

U.S. STOCKS DROP AS TREASURY SELLOFF GAINS STEAM


And these are the main moves in markets Stocks The S P 500 Index fell 0.1 percent to 2,821.96 at 4 p.m... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 300

STOCKS PUSH HIGHER AS OIL RISES; DOLLAR STEADIES


And these are the main moves in markets Stocks The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped 0.4 percent as of 8 41 a.m... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 299

U.S. STOCKS RISE DESPITE NYC EXPLOSION; OIL GAINS


In Europe, stocks struggled for direction ahead of week that will be heavily influenced by central bank decisions... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 269


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