© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chinese Yuan and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Winni Zhou and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A mountain of dollars on deposit in China has grown so large that banks are struggling to loan the currency and traders say it poses…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chinese Vice Premier Liu He attends the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Pool BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Vice Premier Liu He exchanged views with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on issues of mutual…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask stands in front of the headquarters of the 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) – A post-coronavirus pandemic world could offer an opportunity for Japanese firms to raise prices…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A shopkeeper wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus waits for a customer at a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer inflation accelerated to a more than nine-year high in May, reinforcing calls for gradual monetary…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: General view of a working session during the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Chantilly, near Paris, France, July 17, 2019. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Finance ministers from the group of seven rich nations (G7) will vow this week to support their economies…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz arrives to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a tax treaty on Monday, Israel’s Finance Ministry…
4/4 © Reuters. An employee works on an assembly line of the Aurus manufacturing plant in the town of Yelabuga in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Nasyrov 2/4 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Monday has begun production of the Aurus Senat luxury sedan car promoted by President Vladimir Putin. Russia unveiled…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk down Hohe Strasse shopping district one day before Germany goes back to a complete lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cologne, Germany, December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s annual consumer price inflation accelerated in May, advancing further above the European Central Bank’s target…
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Peronist government is optimistic about gaining an extension on a $2.4 billion repayment to the Paris Club of country lenders, local media said on Sunday ahead of the deadline for the debt next week. Argentina’s center-left President Alberto Fernandez has been lobbying hard in recent weeks to defer the payment,…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron in Jerusalem. June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Bank of Israel is expected to leave short-term interest rates unchanged this week for its ninth straight policy meeting, amid higher inflation and a view that a rapid COVID-19 vaccination roll-out…