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Russia Central Bank Wants to Boost Gold, FX Reserves to $500B in Few Years
June 5th, 2015
The Bank of Russia plans to boost its depleted international reserves to $500 billion to hedge the crisis-struck economy against capital flight and new shocks, the central bank chairwoman said Thursday. Speaking at a banking conference, Elvira Nabiullina said ...
Fitch: Steep Emerging-Market FX Reserve Falls Likely to Continuee
June 3rd, 2015
Global EM FX reserves have fallen by USD524bn since June 2014, surpassing the drop in 2008-2009, and further declines are probable. Emerging-market (EM) official foreign exchange (FX) reserves have been falling steadily by an average of USD58bn a month ...
Strengthening investment key to improving world economy’s B-minus grade, says OECD
June 3rd, 2015
Global growth will gradually strengthen towards its pre-crisis trend rate by late 2016 as activity becomes more evenly shared across the major economies and overall external imbalances are less marked than in the run-up to 2007, according to the ...
Top news of the day, May 28
May 28th, 2015
1. Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven economic powers met on Thursday to discuss how to revive a faltering global recovery, with the United States leaning on Europe to reach a deal to avert a Greek bankruptcy. The ...
G7 finance chiefs discuss growth risks, urge deal on Greece
May 28th, 2015
* Growth worries top agenda for G7 finance chiefs * Market volatility adds to risks for global recovery * G7 officials discussing Greece on sidelines of talks * U.S. presses Europe, IMF to show flexibility on Greece * IMF, ...
Japan shares set fresh 15-year high, dollar holds gains after Fed minutes
May 21st, 2015
Japanese shares hit a new 15-year high on Thursday on hopes that its long-moribund economy was finally coming to life, but weak China factory activity capped stock market gains in much of the rest of Asia. The dollar held ...
Russian regulator acting ‘adequately’ as economy stabilizes – IMF
May 20th, 2015
The Central Bank of Russia is taking effective steps to stabilize the national currency and the economic situation as a whole, according to the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Min Zhu. “I think the Russian ...
Central Bank of Russia: Acts to Rein In Russia’s Ruble Rally
May 15th, 2015
The Russian ruble fell sharply on Thursday after the Central Bank announced it was buying foreign currency worth $100-200 million daily to replenish its reserves, a sign it thinks the ruble has strengthened enough. At 8 p.m., the ruble ...
GCC pushes on towards introduction of regional VAT
May 12th, 2015
GCC officials agreed at the weekend to keep working towards the introduction of a value-added tax (VAT) around the region, in a sign that low oil prices may be strengthening support for the idea. A meeting in Doha of ...
Asian shares rebound, sterling jumps on UK exit polls
May 8th, 2015
Asian shares rebounded from one-month lows on Friday, helped by signs global bond markets are stabilising after a big selloff, though investors were on guard ahead of U.S. jobs data and crunch talks between Greece and its creditors at the weekend. ...
