Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda delivers a speech at the start of issuance of new yen banknotes at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate this week by 25 basis points, according…
The central bank of the People’s Republic of China is responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policies, preventing and defusing financial risks and maintaining financial stability. Peng Song | Moment | Getty Images China left its benchmark lending rates unchanged Monday, as Beijing contends with a weakening yuan while awaiting policy clues from the incoming…
Aerial view of a ship at sea. Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty Images Oil-linked shipping costs rallied after last week’s announcement of tighter U.S. sanctions to drain Russia’s war coffers, in a move that poses significant threats to Moscow’s maritime distribution chains. On Jan. 10, the U.S. Treasury Department announced fresh measures to…
Residential homes in Discovery Bay, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Mortgage rates in the US increased to the highest level since July. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates last week moved higher for the fourth week in a row. That caused already very weak mortgage demand to drop even…
Jeffrey Gundlach speaks at the 24th Annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 6, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Thursday interest rates could shoot higher if the Republicans ends up controlling the House, securing a governing trifecta that gives President-elect Donald Trump free rein to spend as he pleases. Gundlach, a…
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Tom Brenner | Reuters The Federal Reserve likely will stick to the business at hand when it wraps up its meeting Thursday with…
A pedestrian passes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) building in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. David Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images Australia’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 4.35% for the eighth meeting in a row, in line with expectations from economists polled by Reuters. In contrast to a…
