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January 23, 2025 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- LONDON -- Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been confirmed as the new Irish prime minister after a vote in the Dail, lower [...]

ANKARA, January 23, 2025 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci TA 1/4rkiye's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points to 45 percent amid [...]

HANOI, January 15, 2025 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Most credit institutions in Vietnam forecast their business performance in the first quarter of 2025 and the whole year of 2025 to [...]

ANKARA, December 30, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci Following last week's interest rate cut, the first in nearly two years, TA 1/4rkiye's central bank is likely to [...]

ANKARA, December 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- TA 1/4rkiye's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points to 47.5 percent, marking its first rate [...]

OTTAWA, December 11, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Bank of Canada on Wednesday reduced its target for the policy rate by 50 basis points to 3.25 percent. The central [...]

JOHANNESBURG, November 21, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the country's central bank, announced Thursday a decision to cut the repurchase rate by 25 basis [...]

ANKARA, November 8, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci TA 1/4rkiye on Friday revised its year-end inflation targets upwards amid stubborn price pressures, which, to many analysts, signaled [...]

ISLAMABAD, November 4, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced Monday a cut in the policy rate by 250 basis points to 15 percent with [...]

JERUSALEM, October 9, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Israel's central bank on Wednesday downgraded its growth forecasts for the Israeli economy for 2024 and 2025, citing the impact of the [...]

SYDNEY, September 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australia's central bank on Tuesday kept the country's cash rate on hold for the seventh consecutive meeting, even as some other major [...]

OSLO, September 19, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Norway's central bank has decided to keep its policy rate steady at 4.5 percent, signaling stability in its ongoing efforts to curb [...]

FRANKFURT, September 13, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday decided to cut its policy rate by 25 basis points, a sign to scale back [...]

SEOUL, September 12, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank said on Thursday that it will review the timing for a policy rate cut while maintaining a tightening [...]

SEOUL, August 22, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its policy rate for the 13th successive time amid lingering uncertainty over massive household debt [...]

ANKARA, August 20, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- TA 1/4rkiye's central bank held its policy rate steady at 50 percent on Tuesday, marking the fifth consecutive month of unchanged rates, [...]

MANILA, August 15, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Philippine central bank said it decided to cut its target reverse repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent during [...]

BUCHAREST, August 13, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The National Bank of Moldova (BNM) has forecast an average annual inflation rate of 4.7 percent for 2024 and 5.3 percent for [...]

SEOUL, July 11, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its policy rate for the 12th successive time amid lingering uncertainty over massive household debt [...]

JOHANNESBURG, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the country's central bank, on Thursday decided to keep its repurchase rate unchanged at 8.25 percent [...]

ANKARA, May 23, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- TA 1/4rkiye's central bank announced on Thursday that it would keep its interest rate unchanged at 50 percent, which is in line [...]

SEOUL, May 23, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its policy rate for the 11th successive time amid lingering uncertainties over inflation, economic growth [...]

SYDNEY, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 percent, following a monetary policy meeting that concluded [...]

TOKYO, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday, as the Japanese central bank wrapped up its two-day policy meeting with its policy rate unchanged. [...]

ANKARA, April 25, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- TA 1/4rkiye's central bank on Thursday kept its interest rate unchanged at 50 percent, saying that the monetary policy decisions in March [...]

SEOUL, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's consumer sentiment was unchanged this month due to lingering concerns about high inflation and interest rates that offset export recovery, [...]

SEOUL, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Friday froze its policy rate for the 10th straight time amid lingering uncertainties over inflation and household [...]

ANKARA, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci In a move that surprised the market, TA 1/4rkiye's central bank raised its key interest rate by 5 percentage [...]

SYDNEY, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia left the cash rate target on hold at 4.35 percent, after a board meeting concluded on Tuesday. [...]

ANKARA, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci As inflation is soaring in TA 1/4rkiye, the central bank's decision to halt monetary tightening is called into question [...]

WELLINGTON, February 28, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- New Zealand's central bank on Wednesday held the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.5 percent due to continued inflation pressures. The Reserve [...]

ANKARA, February 22, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci TA 1/4rkiye kept its key policy rate unchanged on Thursday following an aggressive rate hike cycle, despite calls from [...]

SEOUL, February 22, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday maintained this year's economic growth outlook, leaving its headline inflation forecast unchanged. After the rate-setting meeting, [...]

SEOUL, February 22, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its policy rate for the ninth successive time on the back of lingering uncertainties over [...]

ANKARA, February 10, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci TA 1/4rkiye's tight monetary policy overhaul is expected to pay off later this year with a big fall in [...]

SYDNEY, February 6, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday kept cash rate unchanged at 4.35 percent, with interest rate paid on Exchange Settlement [...]

FRANKFURT, January 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday continued to keep key interest rates on hold and the ECB president gave no indication [...]

ANKARA, January 25, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Turkish central bank on Thursday raised its key interest rate by 250 basis points to 45 percent, in line with market [...]

SEOUL, January 11, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its policy rate for the eighth straight time on the back of lingering economic uncertainties. [...]

SEOUL, November 30, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its policy rate for the seventh consecutive time this year due to increased worry about [...]

WELLINGTON, November 29, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's Monetary Policy Committee agreed on Wednesday to maintain the official cash rate (OCR) at a restrictive [...]

SEOUL, November 28, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's consumer sentiment worsened for the fourth successive month owing to the still high inflation and high interest rates, central bank [...]

CHICAGO, November 8, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday in consolidation as investors wait for more [...]

ANKARA, October 26, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci TA 1/4rkiye's central bank on Thursday delivered a fresh interest rate hike of 500 basis points to 35 percent, [...]

SEOUL, October 25, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's inflation expectations rebounded this month, halting the downward trend this year, central bank data showed Wednesday. Inflation expectations, which measure [...]

SEOUL, October 19, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its policy rate for the sixth successive time this year on greater worry about economic [...]

ROME, October 10, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday that it expects Italy's gross domestic product to grow 0.7 percent this year, down [...]

NEW DELHI, October 6, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday kept the key policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent. [...]

SEOUL, September 26, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's inflation expectations made no change for the second straight month in September, halting the downward trend this year, central bank [...]

ANKARA, September 21, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Burak Akinci TA 1/4rkiye's central bank on Thursday announced an interest rate hike of 5 percent to tame resurging inflation, a [...]