BOJ's Ueda says rate hike timing 'approaching', Nikkei reports
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the timing of the next interest rate hike was "approaching" as the economy was moving ...
S&P 500 Clocks Best Month of the Year; Yields Drop: Markets Wrap
US stocks ended a shortened trading session higher while Treasury yields declined across the curve. Speculation that ...
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Bankers, Fed Origins, and World War I
The First World War was critical to boosting the influence of that child of progressivism and Wall Street corporatism: the ...
Lula Names Three Brazil Central Bank Directors as Key Rate Rises
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva nominated three new central bank board members on Friday as investors pressure for ...
The ruble's in a slump. For the Kremlin, that's a two-edged sword
Russia's ruble is sagging against other currencies, complicating the Kremlin's efforts to keep consumer inflation under ...
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Libya Sets New Oil Production Record
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said it has hit a new production high, pumping 1,386,030 barrels of crude oil and ...
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Debt burden of Russian stands at 11% of total households income — Central Bank
"This is a comfortable level, so we do not see any risks at large," Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia Philipp Gabuniya said ...
BOJ’s Ueda Tells Nikkei Wage Trends Will Drive Policy Moves
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said interest-rate hikes are “nearing” as inflation and economic trends develop in line ...
Wall Street weekly outlook: Jobs data set to pave way for rates path, stocks
Stocks are heading into December with the benchmark S&P 500 near record highs following an over 25% year-to-date gain.
Bank of Japan says inflation data key in deciding rate hikes, Nikkei reports
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda revealed in an exclusive interview with Nikkei newspaper that the central bank will base ...
The ruble is down, the price of potatoes is up. But is Russia's economy really in trouble?
The lead story on the front page of Tuesday's edition of Moskovskij Komsomolets, a major state-run newspaper in Moscow, is the uproar over the rising price of potatoes.One lawmaker is calling on the ...
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Inflation rose to 2.3% in Europe. That won’t stop the central bank from cutting interest rates
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency rose in November — but that likely won’t stop the European Central Bank from cutting interest rates as the prospect of new U.S. tariffs from ...