Analysis: Interest Rates

US tariffs could shave up to half a percentage point off India GDP, says finance secretary

WASHINGTON -The direct hit from tariffs introduced by Donald Trump's administration on India could shave off between 0.2-0.5 percentage points from GDP growth, the country's Finance Secretary Ajay...

US Treasury's Bessent urges IMF, World Bank to refocus on core missions

WASHINGTON -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called on the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to refocus on their core missions of macroeconomic stability and development,...

Rates: The ECB stays the course

Unsurprisingly, the European Central Bank has lowered its key interest rates amid weak growth and a tariff policy whose impact is still unclear.

Indonesia central bank holds policy rates to keep rupiah stable

JAKARTA -Indonesia's central bank held policy rates steady for a third consecutive review on Wednesday, as expected, aiming to maintain rupiah exchange rate stability amid global trade tensions. ...

Cambodia canal's impact on Mekong questioned after China signs deal

Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, said the body overseeing...

Trading Day: Stocks rebound, no new Powell-bashing or trade tirades from Trump

Making sense of the forces driving global markets Jamie is away today so I'll provide a round-up of today's main market moves below. I'd love to hear from you, so please...

Indian economy less vulnerable to global headwinds, says cenbank

MUMBAI -India's economy is relatively less vulnerable to global headwinds, and calibrated policy support could help the country turn current volatility into an opportunity, the Reserve Bank of India...

India extends cenbank deputy Sankar's term by one year

MUMBAI -India has extended the term of Reserve Bank of India deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar by one year, according to a government notification. The government notification, dated April...

Indian central bank's new liquidity norm to free up $35 billion, likely boosting credit growth

cash, central bank reserves and federal government bonds - that banks are required to hold against digitally linked deposits, saying the net impact will improve banks' LCR by around 6 percentage...

'For our country': China's patriots are buying the dip

Cao Mingjie had never traded stocks before Donald Trump's Liberation Day. The home designer from China's southern Guangdong province changed his mind after April 2, when the U.S....

Bank Indonesia to hold rates on April 23 as FX concerns outweigh growth risks

BENGALURU -Bank Indonesia will hold interest rates steady on Wednesday to support the under-pressure rupiah, despite growing concerns of slowing economic growth driven by U.S.-led trade policies, a...

India's soon-to-be-introduced bond forwards seen boosting demand for state debt

MUMBAI -India's upcoming bond forwards are set to boost demand for state debt and lower borrowing costs for sub-national issuers, a move investors say could help deepen the country's local bond...

Trump tariff worries spur record overseas demand for JGBs

The longest-dated Japanese government bonds attracted record foreign demand last month as money shifted out of U.S. debt in search of other safe havens as President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs...

China keeps lending rates steady; trade war raises bets for stimulus

SHANGHAI -China kept benchmark lending rates steady on Monday for the sixth successive month, matching market expectations. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Stronger-than-expected...

India central banker warns of dwindling money market liquidity

MUMBAI -India's call money market faces risks of dwindling liquidity, posing challenges for monetary policy transmission, the nation's central bank chief said in a speech published on Saturday. ...

China's fiscal revenue falls 1.1% in January-March

China's fiscal revenue decline slowed in the first three months this year as Beijing works to shore up its economy while weathering the storm from mounting U.S. tariffs. Fiscal revenue...

IMF sees US-China trade grievances, welcomes India tariff cuts

WASHINGTON -International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that the U.S. and China both have trade grievances, but the world's two largest economies needed to...

IMF sees global growth hurt by trade tensions but no recession

WASHINGTON -Rising trade tensions and sweeping shifts in the global trading system will trigger downward revisions of the International Monetary Fund's economic forecasts but no global recession is...

India markets regulator proposes to increase mutual funds' exposure in REITs, InvITs

India markets regulator on Thursday proposed to increase mutual funds' investment exposure in real estate investment trusts and infrastructure investment trusts . The Securities and...