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The Monetary Committee reduces the interest rate for March 2015 by 0.15 percentage points to 0.1 percent
February 24th, 2015
The main considerations behind the decision The decision to reduce the interest rate for March 2015 by 0.15 percentage points, to 0.10 percent is consistent with the Bank of Israel’s monetary policy, which is intended to return the inflation ...
Big Banks Face Scrutiny Over Pricing of Metals
February 24th, 2015
U.S. Justice Department investigates price-setting process for gold, silver, platinum and palladium U.S. officials are investigating at least 10 major banks for possible rigging of precious-metals markets, even though European regulators dropped a similar probe after finding no evidence ...
Five Reasons Bitcoin Revolution is Over
February 23rd, 2015
2015 will be the year Bitcoin “dies.” The bubble is over and the cryptocurrency, while revolutionary, has serious issues which will prevent it from ever becoming widely accepted. Andre Alessandro — The five problems listed here are both structural and external ...
Internal and External Risks to the Cyprus Economy
February 20th, 2015
Despite the tragic events of March 2013, Cyprus economy has showed resilience and the country was able to return back to stability and regain some of the lost confidence from international markets and investors rather quickly, which is necessary ...
HSBC whistleblower spills Lynch evidence to Senate
February 19th, 2015
Massive drug, terrorism scandal ropes in Obama’s AG nominee The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday conducted a two-hour session with HSBC whistleblower John Cruz in its investigation of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch’s role in the Obama administration’s decision ...
Greek proposal lifts markets, despite German rejection
February 19th, 2015
A Greek proposal to extend its bailout and not to undermine agreed fiscal targets lifted European stocks to seven-year highs on Thursday and cut government borrowing costs across the euro zone, even though Germany rejected it. Despite the German rejection, Greece’s wording of ...
Euro Area Investment Fund Statistics: December 2014
February 19th, 2015
19 February 2015 – Financial statements of the ECB for 2014 ECB’s net profit for 2014: €989 million (2013: €1,440 million) Net interest income from the Securities Markets Programme: €728 million (2013: €962 million) Interest income on banknotes: €126 ...
Bigger pay packets give pound a lift as sterling hits seven-year high against the euro
February 19th, 2015
Sterling soared to a seven-year high against the euro yesterday, pushed up by record jobs figures and rising wages, with some investors expecting a Bank of England rate hike to come sooner than had been expected. The UK’s employment ...
Fed Tiptoes Into Rate-Hike Debate
February 19th, 2015
Minutes of latest policy meeting show central bankers discussing when and how to raise interest rates from near zero The Federal Reserve’s debate about raising short-term interest rates is heating up. At their Jan. 27-28 policy meeting, officials heard ...
Japan shares hit 15-year peak; yields drop on Fed view
February 19th, 2015
The U.S. dollar nursed modest losses in Asia on Thursday while bonds held on to heftier gains as investors scaled back expectations on how fast, and how far, the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates in coming months and ...
