SYDNEY, Oct 5 Reuters New Zealand39;s central bank on Wednesday lifted interest rates to a sevenyear high and promised more pain to come as it struggles to cool redhot inflation in an overstretched economy. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand39;s RBNZ policy committee raised its official cash rate by 50 basis points to 3.5, the […]

SYDNEY, Oct 4 Reuters Australia39;s central bank on Tuesday surprised markets by lifting interest rates by a smallerthanexpected 25 basis points, saying they had already risen substantially, although it added that further tightening would still be needed. Wrapping up its October policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA raised its cash rate to a […]

FRANKFURTHELSINKI, Sept 28 Reuters The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points at its October meeting and move again in December to a level that no longer stimulates the economy, policymakers said on Wednesday. The ECB lifted interest rates by a combined 125 basis points at its past […]

No offcycle moves ahead of Nov. 17 meeting governor Matching Fed will help deal with inflationary pressures Inflation to return to target in 2H 2023, 2024 Nov 3 Reuters The Philippine central bank signalled on Thursday it planned a 75 basis point hike in its key interest rates later this month to match the latest […]

DUBAI, Nov 2 Reuters Most Gulf states said on Wednesday they would increase their key interest rates after the Federal Reserve raised its key policy rate by threequarters of a percentage point for the fourth straight time. While the U.S. central bank39;s policy decision was motivated by its desire to lower stubbornly high inflation in […]

LONDON, Nov 2 Reuters The pace and scale of rate hikes delivered by central banks around the globe in October slowed down dramatically following September39;s historic peak. Central banks overseeing four of the 10 most heavily traded currencies delivered 200 basis points of rate hikes between them last month, while the remaining ones held rates. […]

75 bps rate hike almost certain ECB to discuss changing 3year bank loan terms Winding down bond holding also on agenda Decision at 1215 GMT, news conference at 1245 GMT FRANKFURT, Oct 27 Reuters The European Central Bank will raise interest rates again on Thursday and likely reel in a key subsidy to commercial banks, […]

COPENHAGEN, Oct 27 Reuters Denmark39;s central bank raised its key interest rate by 0.60 percentage points to 1.25 on Thursday to its highest level in thirteen years, following a rate hike earlier in the day by the European Central Bank. Denmark, the first country in the world to impose negative rates in 2012, last month […]

S.Korea base rate hiked 25 bps to 2.50 Reuters poll 2.50 BOK upgrades 2022 inflation outlook to 5.2 Most analysts see base rate reaching 2.75 by yearend SEOUL, Aug 25 Reuters South Korea39;s central bank raised its key interest rate by a quarterpercentage point on Thursday and significantly lifted inflation forecasts, signalling more policy tightening, […]

ANKARA, Aug 24 Reuters Turkey39;s central bank lowered its reference interest rate to 15.34 for September, from 16.32 in August, according to an official document, in a move that is likely to lower interest rates on corporate loans. On Saturday, the central bank unveiled new required bond holdings for lenders meant to address the widening […]