TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries were steady in Asia on Wednesday as investors looked for clarity from the U.S. Federal Reserve on exactly how the central bank plans to taper its stimulus...

The global rate-fixing investigation widened as Hong Kong's de facto central bank said it was investigating HSBC Holdings and other banks about the possible rigging of local benchmark interest rates.

Kyle Bass covers three critical topics in this excellent in-depth interview before turning to a very wide-ranging and interesting Q&A session. The topics he focuses on are Central bank expansion (with a mind-numbing array of awe-full numbers to e

Wolfgang Duchatczek faces various charges including bribery over contracts at the ONB’s banknote printing unit

Spiking SHIBOR, an interest rate used among banks, has been showing signs of liquidity stress in China. We previously explained that the spike in SHIBOR, or the Shanghai interbank offered rate, could be attributed to demand for cash ahead of the

BRASILIA, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's economy is prepared to face a recent increase in volatility in foreign markets and inflation will remain under control, central bank chief Alexandre Tombini...

BRASILIA, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's economy is prepared to face a recent increase in volatility in foreign markets and inflation will remain under control, central bank chief Alexandre Tombini...

The unusual measure that Draghi is considering is charging lenders to hold cash at the Frankfurt-based central bank by introducing a negative deposit rate.

Capital: Columnist David Wessel lays out the telltale signs to watch for on whether Fed chief Ben Bernanke clarifies or clouds the central-bank message on the fate and rate of its bond-buying program.

DHAKA, June 18 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank approved $154 million worth of investment on Tuesday to boost electricity supply and enable a number of textile investments.

The US currency rose as the Fed embarked on a meeting to discuss monetary policy, with traders anticipating some signal on how long the central bank would continue buying $85bn of bonds each month

Stocks extended gains as the Fed began a two-day policy meeting to discuss whether the economy has grown strong enough for the central bank to draw down its stimulus measures.

U.S. stocks climb sharply on Tuesday as the market voices confidence that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will allay worries about the central bank’s monetary policy.

Actions are usually thought to speak louder than words. The opposite seems true for central bankers. The European Central Bank increasingly appears to be fighting a war with words alone.

China's money-market rates remained stubbornly high Tuesday, and the central bank refrained from adding cash to the financial system, suggesting a standoff between the People's Bank of China and lenders is set to continue.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks rose sharply on Tuesday as the market voiced confidence that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would allay worries about the central bank's plan for its monthly bond purchases. "Folks are feeling a little con

Mark Carney, the governor-designate at the Bank of England, has made his first senior appointment, recruiting Charlotte Hogg from Santander UK to be the central bank’s first chief operating officer

SAO PAULO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank announced a second auction of currency swaps on Tuesday, with the real paring losses after the bank sold all 60,000 contracts offered in a first...

DUBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - The Qatar Exchange said it would introduce trading of government bonds issued by the central bank on June 20, as part of measures to deepen the Gulf state's debt market and diversify investment tools for banks and other ins

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Bank stocks tend to decline when the Federal Reserve removes economic stimulus, as many expect the central bank to do on Wednesday, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report published Tuesday.The S&P bank index has r

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi overnight hinted at a further extension of the longer-term refinancing operations (LTRO's) that helped to un-freeze European credit markets back in late 2011 and early 2012.

VIENNA, June 18 (Reuters) - Austria's central bank suspended its deputy governor on Tuesday while it reviews charges that he turned a blind eye toward shady banknote printing contracts with...

(Reuters) - Hong Kong's de facto central bank said on Tuesday that its investigation into possible benchmark rate manipulation has been extended to include HSBC and a number of other banks.

June 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's de facto central bank said on Tuesday that its investigation into possible benchmark rate manipulation has been extended to include HSBC and a number of other banks.

June 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's de facto central bank said on Tuesday that its investigation into possible benchmark rate manipulation has been extended to include HSBC and a number of other banks.

June 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's de facto central bank said on Tuesday that its investigation into possible benchmark rate manipulation has been extended to include HSBC and a number of other banks.

PRAGUE, June 18 (Reuters) - The Czech banking sector's capital adequacy would fall to 10 percent, from around 15 percent now, under the most unfavourable scenario in a central bank analysis, the bank said on Tuesday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is "ready to act" if need be to aid the euro zone economy and recent signs of market stabilization mean that its interest rates are becoming a more effective tool again.

The European Central Bank retains an open mind towards the issue of negative deposit rates even if such a move might have unintended consequences, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Tuesday.

ALMATY, June 18 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Halyk Bank , the Central Asian nation's largest lender by assets, expects to sell its pension fund by the end of this year, board Chairman Alexander Pavlov said on Tuesday.

JERUSALEM, June 18 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi flagged the central bank's readiness to act as recent signs of stabilisation in the euro zone mean that its interest rates...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's house prices rose at the fastest pace this year in May from a year earlier, though the pace of gains eased from the previous month, highlighting the dilemma facing the central bank as it balances the need to support the ec

China's big banks are urging the central bank to free up funds to ease an unusual cash squeeze, as Beijing faces a stark choice: add money to the financial system to help lenders, or stay the course to rein in a rapid expansion of credit.

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland, June 17 (Reuters) - The euro zone came under pressure from other rich economies on Monday to press on with a banking union and Japan was urged to follow up on massive central bank stimulus with structural reforms and me

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (Reuters) - Mexico is well placed to deal with a further bout of market volatility but investors should keep a close eye on their exposure to currency and interest rate risk, central bank board member Manuel Sanchez said on Monda

  The markets are rallying today because Bernanke and the Fed meet on Wednesday and will announce their new policies (if any).   Someone might want to explain to them that the Nikkei just collapsed in spite of Central Bank policy. The bank

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (Reuters) - A recent spike in Mexican inflation is temporary and although upside price risks prevail, so far there are no signs of knock-on effects, central bank board member Manuel Sanchez said on Monday.

Last July Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, spoke of the ECB's intent to do "whatever it takes" to hold the euro area together. In the months after his comment, the ECB unveiled its Outright Monetary Transactions programme, i

A policy maker at the National Bank of Hungary says big central banks should ‘act in concert and taper off liquidity injections nicely and gradually.’

Fed chief Ben Bernanke will try to get across to the market that a taperingof its bond purchases is not a signal that the central bank is ready to tighten policy.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Global markets have been rattled the past few weeks by uncertainty over central bank stimulus.In late May, the Federal Reserve released what looked to be foreshadowing comments about an end to quantitative easing, and more rec

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Global markets have been rattled the past few weeks by uncertainty over central bank stimulus. In late May, the Federal Reserve released what looked to be foreshadowing comments about an end to quantitative easing, and more re

* Tombini hints Selic could go back to double-digit levels

* Tombini hints Selic could go back to double-digit levels

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Growth in Germany is likely to slow over the summer, after a strong second quarter, the Bundesbank said in its monthly report on Monday. The central bank said production expectations for the coming months have been significant

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Risk managers at UK-based banks, insurers and investment funds believe the chance of another financial crisis over the next three years has fallen to its lowest since 2008, a Bank of England survey showed on Monday.

Investors are treading carefully Monday as they wait for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to provide more clarity about when the central bank may start to cut back on its bond-buying program.

FRANKFURT, June 17 (Reuters) - Euribor bank-to-bank lending rates remained unchanged on Monday as financial markets see a lower chance of further monetary policy easing by the European Central Bank. The ECB left its main refinancing rate unchanged at

U.S. stock market futures move sharply higher on Monday as investors grow hopeful that this week’s FOMC meeting will soothe anxieties over when and how the central bank will pull back the throttle on stimulus.

With the Federal Reserve scheduled to meet this week, investors are banking that the central bank will continue its stimulus program.