Analysis: Interest Rates

Wistron Corp to invest additional $455 million in new U.S. unit

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer and AI server maker Wistron Corp said on Tuesday its board has approved an additional investment of $455 million in its new U.S. subsidiary. The new...

Japan, China, South Korea, ASEAN enhance regional financial safety net

Japan, China, South Korea and the 10 ASEAN countries agreed to enhance their regional financial safety net by launching a new lending facility aimed at swiftly responding to crises caused by...

India sees debut listing of residential mortgage-backed securities

MUMBAI -India saw the listing of its first residential mortgage-backed securities sold through the bidding route on Monday. The housing finance regulator expects firms to raise 100...

Trading Day: Resilience trumps uncertainty

TRADING DAY Choppier waters ahead? One of the biggest surprises in a week overflowing with them - from top-tier economic indicators, to company earnings and policy...

India asks IMF to review loans to Pakistan, Indian government source says

India has asked the International Monetary Fund to review loans disbursed to Pakistan, an Indian government source told Reuters on Friday, as tensions between the South Asian neighbours escalated...

Exclusive-India central bank seeks lifting cap on 'vostro' accounts investments to push rupee-denominated trade, sources say

NEW DELHI -India's central bank has sought the government's approval to remove the cap on foreign banks with so-called vostro accounts buying short-term sovereign debt, to boost rupee-denominated...

Investors sell U.S. shares in past week flock to Japan, Europe, BofA note shows

Investors sold U.S. stocks in the week ending Wednesday and bought Japanese and European shares, BofA Global Research said on Friday. U.S. equities saw an $8.9 billion outflow in the...

India central bank deputy governor Poonam Gupta assigned key monetary policy portfolio

India's central bank deputy governor Poonam Gupta has been assigned the monetary policy, financial market operations and economic and policy research portfolios, the Reserve Bank of India said on...

Trading Day: Tech tonic!

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  From 'Lag 7' back to 'Mag 7'? The clouds of...

Citadel's flagship fund Wellington up 1.3% in April, source says

NEW YORK -Citadel's flagship fund Wellington was up 1.3% in April, as it navigated a tumultuous month, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Other Citadel funds also...

India collects 2.37 trln rupees in goods and services tax in April

NEW DELHI -India collected 2.37 trillion rupees in goods and services tax in April, 12.6% higher than the same period last year, the government said on Thursday. ...

US stocks end higher on tech boost, yen slides on BOJ gloom

Wall Street stocks rallied and gold prices slid on Thursday as solid earnings from big tech bolstered investor risk appetite. All three major U.S. stock indexes began the month with...

China's April resale home prices fall as more properties put up for sale, report says

BEIJING -The average price of resale homes across 100 Chinese cities fell by 0.7% month-on-month in April, a report by a Chinese real estate research institute said, as more residential properties...

Trump says he has 'potential deals' with India, South Korea, Japan

WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has potential trade deals with India, South Korea and Japan as he seeks to convert his tariff policy into trade agreements. ...

Trading Day: Do you want to make a deal?

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  The 100-day war Unlike the day before,...

Indian central bank's debt buying binge to act as de facto rate cut, analysts say

MUMBAI -The Reserve Bank of India's plan to buy 1.25 trillion rupees of bonds in May will likely lower the cost of overnight interbank funds, effectively acting as a rate cut, according to...

China holds off on new stimulus, shows composure in US trade war

BEIJING -China has advanced this year's stimulus plans but is holding off on fresh measures as it tries to maintain composure, betting on Washington blinking first in a protracted trade war. ...

Rates: what are swap spreads?

Despite attempts to defuse the various current crises over reciprocal tariffs on the one hand and the potential dismissal of the Fed chairman on the other, the bond markets are not so easily appeased....

The toll from Trump's tariffs

Morning Bid U.S.  A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The furious April for U.S. markets has calmed down a bit as the month draws to a close...