© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration shows Euro banknotes in Zenica, January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Yields on euro area junk-rated bonds have fallen below the bloc’s inflation rate for the first time, a further sign of the scarcity of assets offering investors any real returns. The 2.3%…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Two women walk next to the Reserve Bank of Australia headquarters in central Sydney, Australia February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Analysts are split on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will delay tapering plans at its September policy meeting next week, as a faster…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s headquarters in Singapore June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside 2/2 By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) -Central banks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa will conduct a cross border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to assess if this…
© Reuters. Business buildings are pictured in Tokyo, Japan, December 7 , 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Daniel Leussink and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan announced on Thursday a list of initiatives it will focus on to promote green technology and digitalisation, as part of efforts to boost the economy’s long-term growth. The outline, drawn…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2020.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will ramp up efforts to promote sustainable finance such as by nurturing its green bond market…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Boeing 777 bound for the United States from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy August 28, 2021. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS By Josh Smith (Reuters) – A senior board member of Afghanistan’s central bank is urging the U.S. Treasury and…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: School children wave Japanese and Union Flags (also known as the Union Jack) as a cruise boat carrying Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, arrives at the Hama Rikyu gardens in Tokyo February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai By Daniel Leussink and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Member countries of the Comprehensive…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. groups representing transit systems and city leaders on Monday joined unions and environmental groups in calling on Congress to back at least $10 billion in additional public transit spending along with…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People decorate their houses with lanterns and lights during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) – The sizzling pace of house price rises in most major world housing markets since the pandemic…
2/2 © Reuters. Women walk in the rain as Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. August 29, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello 2/2 By Devika Krishna Kumar and Peter Szekely NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Nearly all of Louisiana lost electrical power on Monday after one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike the…