Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: central bank

central bank stories: 25 news summaries

21 - 25 of 25 Stories | << Prev 1 2

Switch to grid view »

Dollar Hits 6-Week High Against Euro

US, Europe team up
to boost gaining greenback

May 8, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The dollar hit a six-week high against the euro yesterday, leading relieved policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic to hope that the worst is over, reports the Financial Times. Analysts still reckon that Washington will continue its policy of benign neglect: a soft dollar encourages exports and reduces the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
currency exchange • euro • central bank • US dollar • weak dollar

Banks Need to 'Fess Up on Risk: G7 Panel

Forum of regulators says transparency needed to end crisis

Mar 29, 08 5:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Top financial regulators today challenged banks to come clean about risks they face, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Financial Stability Forum, a worldwide team of financial honchos—including several central bank chiefs—concluded that “hording of liquidity” was leading to “severe strains” in the lending market. Only... More »

MORE ABOUT:
hedge fund • central bank • credit market • sovereign wealth funds • credit market chaos • transparency

Bank of England Governor Gets 2nd Term

King reappointed despite criticism over Northern Rock

Jan 30, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Mervyn King has won a second term as governor of the Bank of England, the Fed's British counterpart, ending months of speculation about his future. Reuters reports that King will serve at the head of the UK central bank for another five years despite the City's fury at his handling... More »

MORE ABOUT:
United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • central bank • Bank of England • Mervyn King • Alistair Darling

Soaring Inflation Rocks China

Food prices feeding public unrest

Sep 11, 07 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - China's soaring inflation rate is the highest in a decade, putting pressure on the central bank to hike interest rates for the fifth time in six months to cool China's superheated economy. Food prices have jumped 18%, raising fears of public unrest., Bloomberg reports. Consumer prices rose across the board... More »

MORE ABOUT:
China • inflation • US economy • central bank • interest rate • food prices

Fed Stands Pat on Prime Rate

Central bank's top priority remains curbing inflation

Aug 7, 07 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Fed today kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 5.25%, despite concerns that tightening credit will lead to an economic downturn. It's the ninth consecutive time the Fed has left the prime rate unchanged, the Times reports, and a sign that Ben Bernanke's top priority is curbing inflation... More »

MORE ABOUT:
inflation • Ben Bernanke • Wall Street • investors • housing market • Federal Reserve • US economy • central bank • interest rate

21 - 25 of 25 Stories | << Prev 1 2


from our news partners