Analysis: Interest Rates

Indonesia central bank seen keeping rates at record low at 2020's final meeting - Reuters poll

Indonesia's central bank is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at the year's final policy meeting on Thursday, having cut five times and launched massive quantitative easing to fight the...

Bank of Canada reiterates it could cut rates further if COVID worsens

OTTAWA -The Bank of Canada could lower already record low interest rates if a second COVID-19 wave leads to more scarring, a senior official said on Thursday, though he later added such a move was...

ECB ups bond purchases and aid to banks to get through fresh recession

The European Central Bank eased policy once again on Thursday to help the euro zone economy cope with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which is almost certain to plunge the bloc into yet...

Japan to sell over $1 trillion of new bonds as pandemic costs balloon - sources

Japan is likely to sell over $1 trillion of new government bonds this fiscal year to fund its huge stimulus packages, sources said, as the coronavirus crisis guts tax revenues and strains already...

Analysis: The next 'safe' asset? EU joint bond markets spring to life

The European Union's first debt sales for coronavirus support schemes have galvanised the once-sleepy trade in EU common bonds, the soaring daily volumes a promising sign for what could become an...

Enbridge forecasts higher 2021 core earnings on likely better volumes, rates

Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge Inc on Tuesday forecast higher core earnings in 2021 and raised its annual dividend, saying it expects to see volume on its Liquids Mainline System improve next...

Analysis: Second COVID-19 wave tests Turkey's commitment to austerity, higher rates

A surge in COVID-19 infections and the prospect of another economic downturn could sorely test Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's reluctant acceptance of much higher interest rates and the need for...

RBI holds rates, says will ensure ample liquidity

The Reserve Bank of India kept its key interest rates steady as widely expected on Friday amid persistently high inflation but said it will ensure ample liquidity is provided to stressed sectors to...

Bank of England can cut rates below zero, Saunders says

The Bank of England can probably cut interest rates slightly below zero, and it should be ready to pump more stimulus into the economy quickly if needed to recover from the coronavirus crisis or a...

Lidl GB to return 100 million pounds of business rates relief

Lidl GB, the British arm of the German discount supermarket group, said on Friday it would refund over 100 million pounds of business rates relief received due to the COVID-19 pandemic to the...

UK supermarket Asda says will pay 340 million stg of business rates

Asda, the British supermarket arm of Walmart, said on Thursday it will pay business rates of 340 million pounds to the UK government and devolved administrations, waiving the COVID-19 tax relief it...

Britain's John Lewis won't return pandemic business rates relief

The John Lewis Partnership, owner of the eponymous department store chain and Waitrose supermarket, said on Thursday it had no plans to repay to government the business rates relief it has received...

Aldi UK to return full value of business rates relief

The British arm of German-owned discount supermarket Aldi said on Thursday it will return the full value of the business rates relief it has received during the pandemic....

Bond investors count on Canada to chart fiscal path back to normal

As Canada rolls out additional spending to support its economy during a second wave of the coronavirus, bond investors are giving Ottawa the benefit of the doubt, expecting a historic budget deficit...

U.S. bond volatility players eye 2021 inflation bump

After a decade of central bank bond buying, fund managers have begun to wonder if there is again money to be made in betting or hedging against volatility in the bond market caused by an economic...

South Korea central bank sounds upbeat on economic outlook as it holds rates

South Korea's central bank kept its key policy rate steady for a fourth straight meeting on Thursday and sounded upbeat on the economic outlook even as the country faced a third wave of coronavirus...

NZ cenbank to tighten mortgage lending as prospects for negative rates dim

New Zealand's central bank on Wednesday said it would re-impose mortgage curbs next year and work with the government on fixing a housing crisis, reinforcing views that deeper cuts to interest rates...

China Vice Premier Liu He vows zero tolerance for misconduct after recent bond defaults

China will show zero tolerance for misconduct following a recent string of bond defaults, a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Committee chaired by vice premier Liu He said....

Stocks, bonds fall, dollar flat as Fed fears subside

Stock prices and bond yields fell in relatively light trading on Friday as investors reacted to dwindling aid for the U.S. economy and rising coronavirus infection rates....