Political news

The success of Japan and South Korea at inserting language voicing concern over their currencies in a joint statement with the U.S. this week...

China is widely expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, as encouraging first quarter economic data...

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) expects to be told by European regulators to slash lending and payments involving Russia, the Austrian...

European Central Bank policymakers continued to make the case for an interest rate cut in June on Tuesday as inflation remains on course to ease...

The European Central Bank kept interest rates at record highs on Thursday but sent an even clearer signal that it may be preparing to cut them as...

Thailand's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged for a third straight meeting on Wednesday, resisting repeated calls by the...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said inflation would likely accelerate from "summer towards autumn" as bumper pay hikes push up prices,...

The Indian central bank's key interest rate was kept unchanged for a seventh straight policy meeting on Friday as growth in the economy is...

Finnish labour unions will next week suspend a four-week strike that has paralysed imports and exports and triggered widespread...

Chile's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate on Tuesday by 75 basis points to 6.50%, in a unanimous decision by its governing board,...

The United States is drawing up a list of advanced Chinese chipmaking factories barred from receiving key tools, three people familiar with matter...

Sweden's central bank held its key rate at 4.00% on Wednesday, as expected, and said inflationary pressures had eased enough for it to make the...

Sweden's central bank will keep rates at 4.00% this week and is expected to flag that it will start cutting rates in the months ahead as long...

European Union leaders will back on Friday a slightly tighter fiscal policy for the euro zone next year, to help bring down inflation and make...

Turkey's central bank unexpectedly hiked interest rates by 500 basis points to 50% on Thursday, citing a deteriorating inflation outlook and...

The Swiss National Bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.50% on Thursday, a surprise move which made it the first major central...

Polish farmers blocked roads with tractors and flares on Wednesday in escalating protests against EU environmental regulations and cheap food...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a...

The European Central Bank council last week began a discussion on when to reduce interest rates, council member Olli Rehn said on...

China's central bank left a key policy rate unchanged while withdrawing cash from a medium-term policy loan operation on Friday, as authorities...

Australia's central bank will hold its key interest rate at 4.35% for a third straight meeting on Tuesday and at least until end-September,...

Pakistan's central bank is widely expected to hold its key interest rate at a record 22% for the sixth straight policy meeting on Monday as...

China's central bank is expected to leave a key policy rate unchanged when it rolls over maturing medium-term loans on Friday, a Reuters survey...

South Korea will consider beefing up its corporate reform plan, aimed at boosting shareholder returns and stock prices, the financial regulator...

A second straight month of stronger-than-expected inflation has effectively shut the door on the possibility of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut...

The European Central Bank will acknowledge an improved inflation outlook when it meets next week but it must avoid any commitment to an interest...

New Zealand's central bank held the cash rate steady at 5.5% on Wednesday and trimmed the forecast peak for rates, catching markets by surprise...

The Bank of Israel kept interest rates steady on Monday after cutting by a quarter-point in January, citing uncertainty over expected duration of...

The National Bank of Hungary is likely to ramp up the pace of rate cuts to 100 basis points, slashing its base rate to 9% on Tuesday, after...

South Korea's central bank on Thursday joined its peers in the U.S. and Australia in seeking to hose down investors' aggressive...

The Bank of Korea will keep its key policy rate on hold for a ninth consecutive meeting on Feb. 22, according to all economists polled by Reuters,...

Russia's central bank held its key interest rate at 16% on Friday, opting to leave borrowing costs unchanged after five successive rate hikes...

Russia will hold interest rates at 16% on Friday after 850 basis points of rate hikes in five meetings since July, a Reuters poll showed on Monday,...

Adrian graduated from an Indonesian auto mechanic trade school last summer, but since then has only worked a few weeks in one job: serving fruit...

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is ready to cut rates if consumption falls sharply, a senior official said on Thursday, a day after it kept monetary...

Australia's central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday but cautioned that a further increase could not be ruled out given inflation was...