MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's central bank cut interest rates on Friday for the fourth time since April in a bid to inject more credit into the struggling Russian economy amid declining inflation and sluggish activity. More »
LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England was forecast later Thursday to pump more money into markets in a bid to stimulate lending -- but will likely keep interest rates at a record-low 0.50 percent. More »
Rates currently stand at 0.5%, the lowest level in 315 years. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's central bank has left interest rates on hold at a 49-year low of 3.0 percent in an upbeat assessment of the global economy. More »
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept euro zone interest rates at 1.0 percent on Thursday, bolstering expectations they will stay there well into next year, and said it would start buying bonds next week. More »
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept euro zone interest rates at 1.0 percent on Thursday, bolstering expectations they will stay there well into next year, and said it would start buying bonds next week. More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone unemployment hit its highest level in 10 years in May, data showed on Thursday, bolstering market expectations the European Central Bank will leave interest rates at record lows for now. More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept euro zone interest rates at 1.0 percent on Thursday, and markets expect it to hold them at the all-time low for much of next year to help repair the region's economy. More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is expected to keep euro zone interest rates unchanged on Thursday, say it sees faint signs of economic recovery, and fill in some of the missing details of its unorthodox plan to buy bonds. More »
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