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WORLD BANK ISSUES WARNINGS ON INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION
After better than expected growth in the global economy, Bank says financial markets are vulnerable to unforeseen negative news... READ MORE›
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›
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›
BOND TRADERS SEE THE FED'S 'THIRD MANDATE' DRIVING RATES HIGHER
The unified movement suggests that investors see the Fed's interest rate moves tied to soaring equities markets... READ MORE›
ANOTHER SIX YEARS OF PUTIN COULD BE BAD NEWS FOR THE RUBLE
The currency may initially strengthen because Russia's comparatively high returns will lure investors, even as the central bank lowers interest rates, he said... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA RAISES RATES FOR FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, FLAGS JOB MARKET RISKS
Board member Cho Dong-chul dissented in the 6-1 vote to raising interest rates to 1.50 percent... READ MORE›
UK SHOP PRICES SLIP 0.1 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER FOR THIRD MONTH RUNNING
After raising interest rates for the first time in 10 years earlier this month, the Bank of England said it thought consumer price inflation... READ MORE›
UK SHOPPERS CUT SPENDING BY MOST IN MORE THAN FOUR YEARS
UK shoppers cut spending by most in more than four years Visa... READ MORE›
U.S. STOCKS POST DECLINE FOR WEEK AMID TAX DEBATE
Energy stocks also struggled as crude slipped below 57 a barrel amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf... READ MORE›
BOE RAISES INTEREST RATE FOR FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN DECADE
Led by Governor Mark Carney, the Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 on Thursday to increase the benchmark rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent... READ MORE›
BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK SET TO TAPER RATE CUTS NEAR RECORD LOW
Inflation has plunged from double-digits to less than 3 percent, far below the official target of 4.5 percent... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA JOBS GROW AT FASTEST PACE SINCE 2008, INFLATION STILL LAGS
Data out on Thursday showed the unemployment rate slipped to 5.5 percent, compared with analysts' expectations for a steady 5.6 percent... READ MORE›
G-20 FINANCE CHIEFS, UPBEAT ON WORLD ECONOMY, AFFIRM COORDINATION OVER RISKS
G-20 finance chiefs, upbeat on world economy, affirm coordination over risks... READ MORE›
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LIBYA ON BRINK OF ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
Libya's daily oil production before the 2011 uprising stood at 1.6 million barrels... READ MORE›
WORLD FACES WAVE OF EPIC DEBT DEFAULTS, FEARS CENTRAL BANK VETERAN
But Mr White said it would be a good start for governments to stop depending on central banks to do their dirty work... READ MORE›
BRITISH PANIC OVER MARMITE SHOWS BREXIT JUST GOT REAL
What can the bank of england do about inflation? what does that mean for interest rates?... 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›
LAND WITH LONGEST STRETCH OF NEGATIVE RATES FINDS RICH ARE GETTING RICHER FASTER
Loose monetary policy can also spur higher inflation, which reduces the debt burden for poorer members of society and also promotes job creation... READ MORE›
1. IS THE ECONOMY REALLY OUT OF THE WOODS?
Oil and gas contributed 40 percent of Russia's budget revenue in 2016... READ MORE›
SURGING WORLD GROWTH MAKES A MOCKERY OF BREXIT PANICA
Global economic growth is accelerating sharply after months in the doldrums, confounding predictions of a worldwide recession following Britain'... READ MORE›
IF YOU THINK SOCIALISM WORKS, TAKE A LOOK AT EUROPE
On Thursday, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi announced a gargantuan stimulus and economic funding package to help mend Europe's banking system... READ MORE›
HOW AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLDS BECAME THE MOST INDEBTED IN THE WORLD
Australia has around 2 trillion in unconsolidated household debt relative to 1.6 trillion in GDP... 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›
LONDON HOUSES ARE SECOND MOST OVER-VALUED IN WORLD
Low-interest rate regimes across Europe have pushed prices in London, Stockholm, Munich and Zurich to record levels, after accounting for inflation... 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›
BANK OF CANADA HOLDS INTEREST RATE STEADY BUT SEES 'SUBSTANTIAL REBOUND' FOR REST OF 2016
Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady but sees 'substantial rebound' for rest of 2016... READ MORE›
FEAR OF RISING RATES MAY HAVE OBSCURED THE BANK OF CANADA'S GOOD NEWS STORY
A question that our central bankers were unable to resolve was why inflation remains so low... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN RUBLE REMAINS RESILIENT TO CRUDE MOOD SWINGS
The Russian currency has come under strong pressure in recent days with Brent crude futures losing 8.1 percent since March 7... READ MORE›
CHINA VOWS TO CONTAIN CORPORATE DEBT LEVELS AS INFLATION HEATS UP
I don't think there's an inflation issue in China, it's an asset bubble, said Commerzbank senior emerging market economist Zhou Hao in Singapore... READ MORE›
CHINA NEEDS TO REGULATE 'MONEY GATES' BUT GUARD AGAINST FINANCIAL STRESS
Chinese policymakers face a dilemma as they need to tighten credit to contain debt and speculative investment without triggering a wave of defaults that could destabilize the financial system... READ MORE›
HEDGE-FUND MANAGER CRISPIN ODEY SAYS IT'S NOW MORE LIKELY THE MARKET WILL CRASH
Hedge-Fund Manager Crispin Odey Says It's Now More Likely the Market Will Crash... 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›
STOCKS ADVANCE IN ASIA AS BONDS REMAIN PRESSURED
Australia's S P ASX 200 Index gained 0.5 percent and South Korea's Kospi index rose 0.1 percent... READ MORE›
MUTED INFLATION A TRILLION-DOLLAR PUZZLE, SAYS BIS
The BIS said this raises a question over the potential for another crisis if there is a significant rise in interest rates... READ MORE›
ITS MORE VALUABLE TO HAVE WORLD OF WARCRAFT CURRENCY THAN VENEZUELAN MONEY
Inflation and ineffective monetary policy have also spurred Venezuelan residents to the black market to exchange currency, NPR reported in 2014... READ MORE›
STOCKS RALLY ON HEELS OF PROFIT BEATS FROM TECH TITANS, FRESH CHINA STIMULUS
China's central bank took a number of steps to shore up its weakening economy... READ MORE›
BANK OF CANADA HOLDS INTEREST RATE STEADY AT 0.5%
Vote to leave the European Union, the central bank says it, too, has the potential to hurt the Canadian economy... READ MORE›
G20 TO SAY WORLD NEEDS TO LOOK BEYOND ULTRA-EASY POLICY FOR GROWTH
Japanese finance minister Taro Aso said late on Friday he had urged China to carry out currency reform and map out a mid-term structural reform plan with a timeframe... READ MORE›
FED LIKELY TO STAY ON TRACK FOR DECEMBER RATE INCREASE SURVEY
They also expect Fed officials to trim their estimate for the long-run rate of unemployment to a median 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent... READ MORE›
'MIRACLE' NEEDED TO SAVE THE WORLD, BECAUSE CENTRAL BANKS CAN'T, SAYS BTIM'S VIMAL GOR
Mr Gor attributes the global low inflation problem to the fall in commodity prices and excess capacity in Asia... READ MORE›