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Russia hikes rates, introduces capital controls to defend against sanctions

Russia's central bank more than doubled its key policy rate on Monday and introduced some capital controls as it scrambled…

4 years ago

EXCLUSIVE Contracts show Lebanon’s central bank obscured recipients of commissions

For more than a decade, Lebanon's central bank charged commercial banks in the country commissions when they bought government securities…

4 years ago

Analysis: World’s damaged supply chains brace for painful recovery

Signs are growing that a global supply chain crisis which has confounded central bank inflation forecasts, stunted economic recoveries and…

4 years ago

EU exec cuts 2022 euro zone growth forecast, sharply raises inflation view

Euro zone economic growth will be slower than earlier expected this year because of a new wave of COVID-19 infections,…

4 years ago

Taiwan lifts forex trading punishment on Deutsche -sources

Taiwan's central bank has allowed Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) to start trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards again, three sources told Reuters,…

4 years ago

ECB on hold but may acknowledge inflation risks

The European Central Bank is all but certain to keep policy unchanged on Thursday but could acknowledge that inflation could…

4 years ago

Euro zone business growth lost more momentum in Jan as Omicron hit demand

Euro zone economic growth lost more momentum in January as the bloc's dominant services industry suffered from subdued demand amid…

4 years ago

Analysis: Investors worry about hawkish Fed hurting growth, even theorize over next recession

Laser-focused on how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in tightening policy, some U.S. investors and strategists are starting to…

4 years ago

Global share sell off pauses in Asia as investors await Fed policy update

Asian share markets steadied on Wednesday after three sessions of losses as investors awaited any hints about faster tightening of…

4 years ago

Singapore reviews inflation forecasts as core prices near 8-year high

Singapore is reviewing its official inflation forecasts, authorities said on Monday, after data showed its key price gauge climbed in…

4 years ago