BoE’s Bailey says bank could become ‘more activist’ on rate cuts
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England could move more quickly to cut interest rates if there is further good news on inflation but conflict in the Middle East could…
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Storm Leslie forms over the tropical Eastern Atlantic
(Reuters) – Storm Leslie formed over the tropical eastern Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in a couple of days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on…
Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Services PMIs due across Europe on Thursday are likely to show further moderation in activity and…
Japanese stocks rally, yen falters as BOJ rate hike bets fade
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Japanese stocks jumped and the yen fell on Thursday as the risk of further tightening in monetary policy this year faded, while the sizzling…
BOJ must patiently maintain loose policy, says board member Noguchi
By Leika Kihara NAGASAKI, Japan (Reuters) -Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday the central bank must patiently maintain loose monetary policy as it will take…
In Bank of Japan chief’s birthplace, Ueda’s policy puzzle is laid bare
By Sakura Murakami MAKINOHARA, Japan (Reuters) – For a sense of the challenges Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda faces in weaning the world’s fourth-largest economy off monetary stimulus, look…
Dollar hits one-month peak to yen as Fed seen taking time with rate cuts
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar rose to a one-month high versus the yen on Thursday as robustness in the U.S. jobs market backed the idea that the…
Morning Bid: Yen rattled by Japan PM’s ‘unseemly’ rate comments
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Japanese markets, particularly the foreign exchanges, continue to digest the rather blunt comments on monetary policy…
Fed’s Barkin says price pressures may not fade as fast as expected
By Howard Schneider WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) – The U.S. central bank’s fight to return inflation to its 2% target may take longer than expected to complete and limit how…
ECB’s top hawk shifts tone with sanguine inflation message
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to ease back to the European Central Bank’s 2% target, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said, dropping her long-standing warning about…