Interest rate
Bank of Japan to maintain, review easing measures
The Bank of Japan announced a review of its longstanding monetary easing measures on April 28 but said it would maintain them for the time being in the first policy decision under new governor Kazuo Ueda.
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Banks paying savers again after many years of low rates
Americans are finally reaping some benefit from keeping their money in the bank.
Banks are paying up for savers' deposits in a much bigger way than they have in more than a decade, based on recent earnings reports from the nation's biggest banks.
Turkish Central Bank set to meet for interest rate
Members of the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet this week to decide on the key interest rates, as the decision is due on April 27.
Last month, the bank kept the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) unchanged at 8.5 percent.
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Top Fed official sees rates rising and staying high
U.S. interest rates are likely to rise further, and will need to remain high to effectively tackle inflation, a top Federal Reserve official said on April 20.
IMF chief calls on central banks to continue inflation fight
Central banks around the world should keep battling inflation by hiking interest rates despite ongoing concerns about financial stability, the head of the International Monetary Fund has told AFP.
Since last year, central banks have been raising their benchmark lending rates to tackle inflation, which rose to levels not seen for decades in many countries including the United States.
India’s Central Bank pauses rate hikes
India's Central Bank held interest rates yesterday for the first time in nearly a year because of "unprecedented uncertainty" in global markets but said it was committed to taming persistent inflation.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the benchmark repurchase rate at 6.50 percent after hikes at all six of its prior meetings since May 2022.
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NBS raises key policy rate to 6 pct
BELGRADE - The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Executive Board on Thursday raised the key policy rate by 25 bp to 6 pct, the NBS said in a statement.
The rates on deposit and lending facilities were raised to 4.75 pct and 7.25 pct, respectively.
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Good time for deposits in banks
This is a good period for decisions on savings, as the yields time deposits offer today range between 1%-2%, depending on the duration and amount. They have incorporated the rise in interest rates and therefore no more aggressive moves are expected in the near future.
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Housing scheme gets under way
The Public Employment Agency (DYPA)'s Spiti Mou (My Home) program is set to launch on Monday with the participation of all systemic banks. The program foresees 5,000 loans being taken out by young people and couples aged 25 to 39, with the interest rate limited to a quarter of the normal market rate. If a couple has three or more children, the interest rate will be zero.
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Europe’s inflation eases to 6.9% as energy falls but food up
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency slowed to the lowest level in a year as energy prices dropped, but food costs were still on the rise, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to hike interest rates further.