Analysis: Interest Rates

India's central bank asks lenders to tighten cybersecurity oversight

India's central bank said on Monday its chief has urged banks to tighten their oversight on cybersecurity issues and to have systems in place that can prevent digital fraud. This is...

India central bank announces slew of measures to inject liquidity to banking system

The Reserve Bank of India, on Monday, announced a slew of measures to inject liquidity into the banking system. The central bank will conduct Open Market Operation purchase auctions of...

India central bank's bond purchases raise bets of February rate cut, investors say

The Reserve Bank of India's unexpected purchase of government bonds pushed down bond yields on Monday and raised bets for a cut in interest rates in February, investors said. The central...

India central bank opts for bond purchases in week to Jan 17

The Reserve Bank of India made net purchases of government bonds in the secondary market last week, marking the first such operation in over three years, data released on Friday showed. ...

Monitoring dollar, DeepSeek and China's PMIs

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  A big week for world markets kicks off in Asia on Monday with investors still navigating the blizzard of headlines around U.S. President...

British growth plans get positive response in Davos, minister says

British industry and energy minister Sarah Jones said that meetings in Davos this week with CEOs considering where to make their next investment had been positive as the government took its growth...

Bond Yields Are 'Quite Attractive Here': JPMorgan's Berro

Kelsey Berro, fixed income executive director at JPMorgan Asset Management, says investors don't need the Fed to be cutting rates aggressively to achieve a bullish return in bonds. ...

China 2024 fiscal revenue grows 1.3%, down from 6.4% year earlier

China's fiscal revenue in 2024 rose 1.3% year on year, narrowing from 6.4% expansion in 2023, finance ministry data showed on Friday, as a property market slump and slowing domestic demands weighed on...

China's 2024 local government land sales see 16% drop in revenue

Revenue from land sales by China's local governments dropped 16% in 2024 compared with the previous year, finance ministry data showed on Friday. The decline was 22.4% in the period from...

India's Jan business growth at 14-month low due to weaker services demand, PMI shows

India's business activity grew at the slowest pace in over a year in January, a survey showed, highlighting emerging cracks in its world-beating economic growth at start of 2025 although firms hired...

China cenbank conducts medium-term loan operation, rate unchanged

China's central bank conducted a medium-term loan operation on Friday and left the interest rate unchanged. The People's Bank of China lent 200 billion yuan worth of one-year...

Trump policies likely to raise bond market's inflation fears, top money managers say

Giant U.S. asset managers overseeing well over $20 trillion are anticipating continued price pressures because of President Donald Trump's immigration and trade policies, a scenario that will likely...

Trump switches to AI as tariffs lurk, Netflix soars

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Retaining a persistent, if uncertain, threat of new tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump quickly switched his attention...

Sri Lanka, China agree to fast-track Sinopec's $3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota

Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the island nation has signed an agreement with China to fast-track Sinopec's proposed $3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota. China's...

Trump says he is discussing 10% tariff on China on Feb. 1

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration is discussing imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from China on Feb. 1 because fentanyl is being sent from China to Mexico and...

US fiscal path unsustainable despite improved budget forecasts, says DoubleLine

The U.S. sovereign debt profile remains on an unsustainable path with deficits likely to widen more than what has been recently projected by the Congressional Budget Office, an analyst at investment...

France sees record demand for first syndicated bond sale since its election

LONDON -France's first syndicated government bond sale since a snap election last year unleashed turmoil in its markets saw record demand of 134 billion euros on Tuesday, a lead manager said. ...

Rates: Who wants American debt?

The event not to be missed last week was undoubtedly the publication of the US Consumer Price Index . While the CPI came in broadly in line with expectations, it also set the world alight, triggering...

Inauguration caution cools risk-on revival

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Signs of life being breathed back into China's economy and a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday bode well for Asian markets on Monday,...