Search Results for: Bank of Japan
Asia stocks, euro hit as ECB takes hard line on Greek debt
February 5th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly lower and the euro slipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it would not accept Greek bonds as collateral – a robust early response to Athens’s efforts to renegotiate bailout terms with creditors. ...
China stock markets rally after surprise rate cut
February 5th, 2015
China markets are rallying after the mainland’s central bank unexpectedly cut a key lending rate on Wednesday. The People’s Bank of China lower the required reserve ratio (RRR) for banks by 50 basis points in an attempt to stimulate the slowing ...
Asian shares at three-month peak, warily watching oil
February 4th, 2015
Asian shares took Wall Street’s lead to reach three-month peaks on Wednesday as revived risk sentiment dented the U.S. dollar and sovereign bonds, though it was unclear how long this latest mood swing would last. Much might depend on ...
Markets advance as oil rebounds
February 3rd, 2015
US markets recorded solid gains on Monday after a choppy trading session as investor sentiment improved with rebounding oil prices. Energy sector shares led the gains. Markets discounted disappointing economic news. The ISM report showed that manufacturing activity slowed ...
Asia sags on growth worries, Aussie slides as RBA eases
February 3rd, 2015
Asian stocks sagged on Tuesday amid ongoing growth concerns, while the Australian dollar plumbed six-year lows after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record low. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.2 percent after the latest batch ...
Statement by Glenn Stevens, RBA Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
February 3rd, 2015
At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent, effective 4 February 2015. Growth in the global economy continued at a moderate pace in 2014. China’s growth was ...
Potential For Deflation Is Becoming A Big Threat For 2015
February 2nd, 2015
The fears after 2001 were that the Fed’s easy money policies to pull the economy out of the 2001 recession, followed by even more easing, including the near-zero Fed Funds rate instituted after the 2008 financial meltdown, would result ...
Commodity currencies feel heat; dollar, yen, euro stable
January 30th, 2015
Commodity currencies nursed hefty losses on Friday, as investors sent the Australian dollar to 5 1/2 year lows as they bet on the Australian central bank reducing interest rates when it meets next week. While currencies from energy and resource producing countries, such ...
PwC: Creating winning culture essential if financial services firms are to flourish
January 29th, 2015
Cultural change in the financial services sector globally is destined to fail if players continue to focus on it primarily as a compliance requirement, according to a paper just published by PwC. The paper, ‘Forging a winning culture’, which ...
Asian shares skid as bullish Fed take investors by surprise
January 29th, 2015
Asian shares extended losses on Thursday after the Federal Reserve took an upbeat view on the U.S. economy and signalled that it remains firmly on track to raise interest rates this year despite an uncertain global outlook. A greater likelihood of ...
