Search

Interest Rates News

Deflation returns to Japan as rates stay low

Deflation returns to Japan as rates stay low

AFP - Friday, November 20 10:48 am

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's central bank left its super-low interest rates unchanged on Friday as the government declared for the first time in more than three years that Asia's biggest economy is in a phase of deflation. More »

  • Japan maintains super-low interest rates

    AFP - Friday, November 20 10:36 am

    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's central bank left its super-low interest rates unchanged on Friday as the government declared for the first time in more than three years that Asia's biggest economy is in a phase of deflation. More »

  • OECD sees Fed, ECB rates on hold into late 2010 

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19 01:26 pm

    PARIS (Reuters) - The world's key central banks will not need to start raising policy interest rates until late 2010 due to low inflation and economic slack, and can then proceed gradually, the OECD said in a report published on Thursday. More »

  • OECD sees Fed, ECB rates on hold into late 2010

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19 10:08 am

    PARIS (Reuters) - The world's key central banks will not need to start raising policy interest rates until late 2010 due to low inflation and economic slack, and can then proceed gradually, the OECD said in a report published on Thursday. More »

  • A pile of one pound coins is seen in central London June 17, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville

    Pound slides on risk unwinding before data 

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19 09:19 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling slipped on Thursday as investors scaled back positions in higher-risk currencies and sought safety in the dollar and the yen. More »

  • A pile of one pound coins is seen in central London June 17, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville

    Pound slides on risk unwinding before data

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19 09:18 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling slipped on Thursday as investors scaled back positions in higher-risk currencies and sought safety in the dollar and the yen. More »

  • CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Instant View - Inflation picks up in Oct. 

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 11:39 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Corrects Howard Archer comment to state interest rates will stay at 0.5 percent, not 2 percent, due to an error in the economist's original comment. More »

  • Investors play cards in front of an electronic screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

    Asian stocks hit 15-month highs 

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 02:17 am

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose to more than 15-month highs on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeated the central bank was likely to keep interest rates at very low levels for some time, keeping the dollar pinned near 15-month lows and gold close to record highs. More »

  • Pound falls vs dollar, QE comments still weigh 

    Reuters - Thursday, November 12 01:25 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Thursday as investors absorbed Bank of England chief Mervyn King's comments on Wednesday that left the door open to more asset purchases to keep monetary policy loose. More »

Archive

Photos – Business

Add to my Yahoo/RSS

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! All rights reserved.

Notice: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our: Updated Privacy Policy