Analysis: Interest Rates

Big banks predict Fed could take interest rates to zero

A brutal global equities sell-off on Monday, sparked by a plunge in oil prices, has raised expectations of further policy easing by some of the world's most influential central banks to shield...

Trump presses 'pathetic' Fed to cut rates more aggressively

President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed into the U.S. Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell, calling the institution pathetic, slow moving and saying it should bring U.S. interest rates down...

Nigeria stocks, bonds fall, naira eases after oil prices plunge

Nigerian stocks and bonds fell on Tuesday, while the naira eased, after a sell-off triggered by a slump in global oil prices.

Traders bet U.S. Fed will slash interest rates in coming months

Futures traders are betting the Federal Reserve will slash U.S. interest rates in coming months to blunt damage to the world's largest economy, as governments and companies move to control the spread...

Coronavirus boosts Wall Street trading, easing pain from lower rates

Market volatility related to the coronavirus has provided a welcome boost for Wall Street banks' trading businesses, helping to offset the much-bigger drag of lower interest rates on lending profits,...

Bank of Canada takes cue from Fed and others, slashes rates over coronavirus fears

The Bank of Canada, taking its cue from other central banks, slashed a key interest rate by the most in more than a decade on Wednesday to help tackle a coronavirus outbreak and said it would cut...

BOK says Fed rate cut gives it more policy room, may buy bonds to curb volatility

South Korea's central bank said on Wednesday that the U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency interest rate cut gives it more policy room to manoeuvre by reducing the risks of capital outflows from Asia's...

China's central bank keeps short-term rates steady despite Fed easing

China's central bank kept short-term borrowing costs steady on Wednesday, shrugging off the U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency policy rate cut overnight.

Fed cuts rates to blunt coronavirus impact, markets drop

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday in a bid to shield the world's largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, but the emergency move failed to comfort U.S. financial...

Taiwan's central bank to stabilise forex market after Fed cuts rates

Taiwan's central bank will act to stabilise the foreign exchange market after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates in response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, a bank official told Reuters on...

WHO warns of global shortage of medical equipment to fight coronavirus

The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase...

Dollar dives after U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to battle coronavirus

The U.S. dollar fell across the board on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates in an emergency move designed to shield the world's largest economy from the impact of the...

Trump presses U.S. Federal Reserve to cut rates

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his call for the U.S. central bank to lower interest rates, tweeting that the Federal Reserve has been slow to act and should be more aggressive. ...

Fed seen cutting rates amid virus threat, low inflation

The Federal Reserve may need to move aggressively to cut borrowing costs to cushion the economy from the effects of the rapid spread of the new coronavirus, which sent global stocks tumbling this...

Coronavirus hit brings home Italy risks for yield-seeking bond investors

A coronavirus outbreak that may tip Italy into recession also threatens hefty losses for fund managers who have been overlooking a multitude of risks to invest in one of the few euro zone bond markets...

Markets bet Fed is pushed to cut rates in coronavirus response

Financial markets on Monday ratcheted up bets the U.S. Federal Reserve will be pressed to cut interest rates to cushion a feared hit to economic growth from the spread of the coronavirus, although one...

Goldman Sachs pleads not guilty in Malaysia over 1MDB bond sales: state media

Three units of Goldman Sachs pleaded not guilty to charges of misleading investors regarding $6.5 billion in bond sales that the U.S. investment bank helped raise for state fund 1Malaysia Development...

Indonesia central bank intervenes in FX, bond markets amid capital outflows

Indonesia's central bank has intervened in the spot currency, domestic non-deliverable forward and bond markets amid outflows related to fears of the spread of COVID-19 in South Korea, an official...

ECB watching for unwanted side effects of negative rates - Lane

European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane defended his bank's experiment with negative interest rates on Friday but said he was aware of the risks and the ECB was watching for unwanted side...