Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by one percentage point, extending the biggest round of reductions since the nation was last in a recession in 1991. Governor Glenn Stevens lowered the overnight cash ...
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Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled he’s ready to dig deeper into the central bank’s toolkit after cutting interest rates almost as much as he can, opening the door to a shift by policy makers this month ...
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European shares trod water on Tuesday, turning flat after an early fall as investors awaited more central bank action to boost sliding economies. In late morning trade, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index index of top European shares was flat at 809.75 ...
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank will reopen the bidding process for companies that want a hand in building its new headquarters. But the bank may wind up not building at all if it can't stay within the original budget. The central ...
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TOKYO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Tuesday the central bank could provide about 3 trillion yen ($32.1 billion) of funds to banks via new operations using corporate debt. Shirakawa said Japanese monetary ...
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SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA'S central bank slashed its key interest rate by one percentage point on Tuesday in the latest bold move by the country's top finance officials to stave off a recession. The reduction is the fourth in three months by the Reserve ...
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Discount rate 1.25% (1.75) Oct 29, 08 Japan..... Overnight call rate target 0.30% (0.50) Oct 31, 08 Discount rate 0.50% (0.75) Oct 31, 08 Euro zone..... Min bid rate at refi tender 3.25% (3.75) Nov 06, 08 Marginal lending rate 3.75% (4.25) Nov 06 ...
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